| digitigrade | (adj) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do), Ant. plantigrade |
| digitigrade mammal | (n) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses, Syn. digitigrade, Ant. plantigrade mammal |
| Digitigrade | n. (Zool.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Digitigrade | a. [ L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade. ] (Zool.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from |
| 趾行性;指行性 | [しこうせい, shikousei] (n, adj-no) digitigrade (walking on the toes) [Add to Longdo] |