digitigrade

[ dij-i-ti-greyd ]

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tɪˌgreɪd /

adjective

walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.

noun

a digitigrade animal.

Origin of digitigrade

From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at digiti-, -grade

Words nearby digitigrade

digital watch, digitate, digitation, digiti-, digitiform, digitigrade, digitinervate, digitipinnate, digitize, digitized, digitoxin

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Example sentences from the Web for digitigrade

The tread is therefore on the toes (digitigrade), and the wrist is high up above the ground.
Evolution|Joseph Le Conte
The feet are more or less hairy beneath, and the animals are digitigrade.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental.
The Desert World|Arthur Mangin
The much persecuted otter presents himself to our notice among the worm-bodied, digitigrade animals.
Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals|R. Lee

The pes is digitigrade or plantigrade, and has three, rarely four, digits.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for digitigrade

digitigrade

/ (ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd) /

adjective

(of dogs, cats, horses, etc) walking so that only the toes touch the ground

noun

a digitigrade animal

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单词	digitigrade
释义	digitigrade [ dij-i-ti-greyd ] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tɪˌgreɪd / adjective walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals. noun a digitigrade animal. Origin of digitigrade From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at digiti-, -grade Words nearby digitigrade digital watch, digitate, digitation, digiti-, digitiform, digitigrade, digitinervate, digitipinnate, digitize, digitized, digitoxin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for digitigrade The tread is therefore on the toes (digitigrade), and the wrist is high up above the ground. Evolution\|Joseph Le Conte The feet are more or less hairy beneath, and the animals are digitigrade. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental. The Desert World\|Arthur Mangin The much persecuted otter presents himself to our notice among the worm-bodied, digitigrade animals. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals\|R. Lee The pes is digitigrade or plantigrade, and has three, rarely four, digits. The Vertebrate Skeleton\|Sidney H. Reynolds British Dictionary definitions for digitigrade digitigrade / (ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd) / adjective (of dogs, cats, horses, etc) walking so that only the toes touch the ground noun a digitigrade animal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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