HyperDic: digitigrade

English > 2 senses of the word digitigrade:
ADJECTIVEalldigitigrade(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
NOUNanimaldigitigrade, digitigrade mammalan animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
English > digitigrade: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do).
Categorymammal, mammalianAny warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
Oppositeplantigrade(of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)
Spanishdigitígrado
English > digitigrade: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses.
Synonymdigitigrade mammal
Broaderplacental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammalmammals having a placenta
Oppositeplantigrade mammal, plantigradeAn animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
Spanishdigitigrado, digitígrado
Catalandigitígrad

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