digitigrade
adj/ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/UK/ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/US
Etymology
From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.
- derived from digitus
- derived from digitigrade
Definitions
Of an animal
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.
Of feet or a manner of walking
Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
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A digitigrade animal
A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for digitigrade. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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