digitigrade in German
digitigrade in German is Zehengänger — 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 German
Zehengänger
(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?
- 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.
- adj Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
- adj Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
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What is "digitigrade" in German?
"digitigrade" in German is Zehengänger. 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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