digitigrad — meaning in English
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English meaning
- digitigrade 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.
Senses
digitigrad is used for these senses in English:
- digitigrade (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 — full definition
- 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.