What does "digitigrade" mean?
Digitigrade: Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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