Digitigrade Definition & Meaning
digitigrade
- adjective
- (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
- noun
- an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
Words that rhyme with digitigrade
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