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digitigrade

DEFINITIONS OF: digitigrade

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n an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses

Synonyms:
digitigrade mammal
Antonyms:
plantigrade, plantigrade mammal
an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
Type of:
eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

adj (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)

Antonyms:
plantigrade
(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
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