digitigrade

dig·i·ti·grade

D0220600 (dĭj′ĭ-tĭ-grād′)adj. Relating to an animal, such as a cat or dog, whose weight is borne on the toes.

[French : Latin digitus, toe; see digit + Latin gradus, step; see grade.]

dig′i·ti·grade′ n.

(ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd) adj (Zoology) (of dogs, cats, horses, etc) walking so that only the toes touch the groundn (Zoology) a digitigrade animal

(ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tɪˌgreɪd)

adj. walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals. [1825–35; < French; see digiti-, -grade]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	digitigrade - an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horsesdigitigrade mammaleutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Adj.	1.	digitigrade - (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milkplantigrade - (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)

Translations

digitigrade

(dĭj′ĭ-tĭ-grād′)adj. Relating to an animal, such as a cat or dog, whose weight is borne on the toes.

dig′i·ti·grade′ n.

adjective Referring to an animal whose weight is carried by its digits—e.g., canines, felines.

walking on the toes or fingers, as in most fast-running animals such as dogs and cats.

digitigrade