digitigrade

Words with a similar base: digitigrade, digitigrade_mammal

'digitigrade'

[digitigrade_mammal.n.01] as in: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g.

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dogs and cats and horses

'digitigrade'

[digitigrade.a.01] as in: (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)