digitigrade

English

Etymology

From French digitigrade (Modern Latin digitigradus), from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) (whence English digit) + gradus (“step”, “pace”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād', IPA: /ˈdɪʤɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/, SAMPA: /"dIdZItI%gr\eId/

Adjective

digitigrade (not comparable)

1. (of an animal) Walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the foot, with the back of the foot, or heel, raised.
2. (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.
3. (of feet or a manner of walking) Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.

Antonyms

• plantigrade

Translations

walking on the toes

Bulgarian: който ходи на пръстите си (bg) Japanese: 趾行の (ja) (しこうの, shikō no)

Noun

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes.

Antonyms

• plantigrade

Translations

digitigrade animal

Finnish: varvasastuja (fi) German: Zehengänger (de) m.

Japanese: 趾行動物 (ja) (しこうどうぶつ, shikō dōbutsu)

See also

• Digitigrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• digitigradism

References

• “digitigrade, a. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]

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French

Adjective

digitigrade (epicene, plural digitigrades)

1. digitigrade

Noun

digitigrade m. (plural digitigrades)

1. digitigrade

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Italian

Adjective

digitigrade f.

1. Feminine plural form of digitigrado

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Latin

Adjective

digitigrāde

1. vocative masculine singular of digitigrādus