What is the meaning of digitigrade?

noun

  • An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e. G. Dogs and cats and horses.

adjective

  • Of mammals. ( walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)).
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