digitigrade
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English
Etymology
From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād', IPA(key): /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/, /-ɾə/
- Hyphenation: di‧gi‧ti‧grade
Adjective
digitigrade (not comparable)
- (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.
- (zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
- (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Derived terms
Translations
walking on the toes
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Noun
digitigrade (plural digitigrades)
- (zoology, chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
Translations
animal that walks on its toes
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Coordinate terms
References
- “digitigrade, a. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Further reading
digitigrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
digitigrade (plural digitigrades)
Noun
digitigrade m (plural digitigrades)
Further reading
- “digitigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Adjective
digitigrade
Latin
Adjective
digitigrade