digitigrade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: digitigrade	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for digitigrade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
digitigrade adj (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) Antonym(s): plantigrade n an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses Synonym(s): digitigrade mammal, digitigrade Antonym(s): plantigrade, plantigrade mammal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digitigrade \Dig"itigrade\, a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zo[94]l.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digitigrade \Dig"itigrade\, n. (Zo[94]l.) 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.