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digitigrade in French

digitigrade in French is digitigrade — digitigrade means of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.

digitigrade in French

digitigrade
adj
(zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
digitigrade
noun
(zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

What does "digitigrade" mean?

  1. adj Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
  2. adj Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
  3. adj Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
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What is "digitigrade" in French?

"digitigrade" in French is digitigrade. digitigrade means: Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.

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