digitigrade

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
adjective (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.

"Is Gringalet a digitigrade?" asked Lucien, smiling. — Adventures of a Young Naturalist, Lucien Biart
Their digitigrade walk, sharp muzzle, oblique eyes, and hanging tail, in their wild state, are less conspicuous in domestication, and they then gradually assimilate themselves in appearance to our hounds. — Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals, R., Mrs. Lee

digitigrade mammal

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