digitigrade

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English

Etymology

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

digitigrade (not comparable)

  1. (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.
  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.

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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.

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French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

  1. digitigrade

Noun

digitigrade m (plural digitigrades)

  1. digitigrade

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

digitigrade

  1. feminine plural of digitigrado

Latin

Adjective

digitigrade

  1. vocative masculine singular of digitigradus
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