Definition of Digitegrade
Dig"i*ti*grade (?), a. [L.
digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F.
digitigrade.] (Zoöl.) Walking on the toes; --
distinguished from plantigrade.
Dig"i*ti*grade, n. (Zoöl.)
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (of an animal) walking on the toes, with the back of the foot raised
- a digitigrade animal
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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