| NOUN | animal | digitigrade mammal, digitigrade | an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
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| 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 | |
| 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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