ALL meanings of digitigrade
dig·i·ti·grade
D d - noun digitigrade (of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent. 1
- adjective digitigrade walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals. 1
- noun digitigrade a digitigrade animal. 1
- adjective digitigrade (of dogs, cats, horses, etc) walking so that only the toes touch the ground 0
- noun digitigrade (chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes. 0
- noun digitigrade a digitigrade animal 0
- adjective digitigrade (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. 0
- adjective digitigrade walking on the toes with the heels not touching the ground, as cats, dogs, or horses 0
- adjective digitigrade (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora. 0
- noun digitigrade any animal that walks in this manner 0
- adjective digitigrade (of feet or a manner of walking) Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal. 0