digitigrade
- Adjective. (context, of an animal) Walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
- Adjective. (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the ''Digitigrada'' of the taxonomic order ''Carnivora''.
- Adjective. (context, of feet or a manner of walking) Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
- Noun. (chiefly, in the plural) A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes.
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