| ADJECTIVE | all | digitigrade | (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) |
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| NOUN | animal | digitigrade, digitigrade mammal | an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
| Meaning | (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do). | |
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| Category | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
| Opposite | plantigrade | (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) |
| Spanish | digitígrado | |
| Meaning | An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses. | |
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| Synonym | digitigrade mammal | |
| Broader | placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal | mammals having a placenta |
| Opposite | plantigrade mammal, plantigrade | An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings |
| Spanish | digitigrado, digitígrado | |
| Catalan | digitígrad | |
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