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digitigrade |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf F. digitigrade.] (Zo["o]l.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zo["o]l.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: digitigrade adj : (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised [ant: {plantigrade}]
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