digitigrade — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. 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.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete
   • specifically

Noun

1. A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

   Usage

   • in-plural

Adjective

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

   Antonyms

   plantigrade

Noun

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

   Synonyms

   digitigrade mammal

   Broader terms

   placentalplacental mammaleutherianeutherian mammal