digitigrade

  1. 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.
  2. Adjective.  (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the ''Digitigrada'' of the taxonomic order ''Carnivora''.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of feet or a manner of walking) Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
  4. 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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