Understanding the meaning of digitigrade - BoostVocab

Smart Search Learn a New Word

digitigrade

/'dɪdʒɪtə,greɪd/

Synonyms of digitigrade Antonyms of digitigrade Examples of digitigrade Usage of digitigrade Parts of digitigrade Definition that contains digitigrade Words sounding like digitigrade Explanation of digitigrade

noun
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
- + New List
Similar:

digitigrade mammal

type of:
eutherian eutherian mammal placental placental mammal
adjective
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
- + New List
Opposite:

plantigrade

Explanation of digitigrade

We don`t have explanations for this word yet.