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Webster 1913 Edition
Digitigrade
Dig′i-ti-grade
,Adj.
[L.
digitus
finger, toe + gradi
to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade
.] (Zool.)
Walking on the toes; – distinguished from
plantigrade
. Dig′i-ti-grade
,Noun.
(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.