digitigrade

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Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād', IPA: /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈdɪdʒətəɡɹeɪd/, /-ɾə/

Adjective

digitigrade (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of an animal: walk#Verb|walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball#Noun|ball of the foot#Noun|foot, with the back#Noun|back of the foot, or heel#Noun|heel, raised.
2. (zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
3. (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

Noun

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

1. (zoology, chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

Translations

• German: Zehengänger

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