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digitigrade
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Digitigrade
(gcide) | Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi
to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zool.)
Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
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Digitigrade
(gcide) | Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
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.
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digitigrade
(wn) | digitigrade
adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part
of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) [ant:
plantigrade]
n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground
as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: {digitigrade
mammal}, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, {plantigrade
mammal}] |
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digitigrade mammal
(encz) | digitigrade mammal, n: |
Digitigrade
(gcide) | Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi
to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zool.)
Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
[1913 Webster]Digitigrade \Dig"i*ti*grade\, n. (Zool.)
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.
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digitigrade mammal
(wn) | digitigrade mammal
n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground
as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: {digitigrade
mammal}, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, {plantigrade
mammal}] |
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