Digitigrade - Definition
digitigrade
adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part
of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) [ant:
plantigrade]
n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground
as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: digitigrade
mammal, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, plantigrade
mammal]