Hypertext Webster Gateway: "digitigrade"
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) 1.7 (wn)
digitigrade
adj : (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of
the foot raised [ant: {plantigrade}]
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