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Meaning of word digitigrade from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

digitigrade   noun

Meaning : An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses.

Synonyms : digitigrade mammal

An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings.

plantigrade, plantigrade mammal

digitigrade   adjective

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

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

plantigrade