1.
[syn: digitigrade mammal, digitigrade]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi
to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zool.)
Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf,
etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the
palm of the foot.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
digitigrade
adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part
of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) [ant:
plantigrade]
n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground
as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: digitigrade
mammal, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, plantigrade
mammal]