digitigrade

英['dɪdʒɪtɪgreɪd] 美['dɪdʒɪtəˌgreɪd]
  • adj. 趾行的;趾行类的
  • n. 趾行动物
Noun:
  1. an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses

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

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