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digitigrade en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/ (General-American)
  • dĭʹjĭtĭgrād' (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-ɾə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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. (not-comparable) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
  3. (not-comparable, obsolete, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

Deriveds

digitigrady · digitigradism

Translations (10)

sv digitigrad (walking on the toes) · hu ujjonjáró (walking on the toes) · fr digitigrade (walking on the toes) · bg който ходи на пръстите си (walking on the toes) · cy bysgerddol (walking on the toes) · ro digitigrad (walking on the toes) · io digitigrada (walking on the toes) · sv tågående (walking on the toes) · id digitigrad (walking on the toes) · ja 趾行の (walking on the toes)

digitigrade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈd͡ʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/ (General-American)
  • dĭʹjĭtĭgrād' (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /-ɾə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.

Meanings

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

Forms

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digitigrades Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

unguligrade · plantigrade

Translations (14)

de Zehengänger (animal that walks on its toes) · cs prstochodec (animal that walks on its toes) · hu ujjonjáró (animal that walks on its toes) · ms pejalan jari (animal that walks on its toes) · ms digitigrad (animal that walks on its toes) · ro digitigrad (animal that walks on its toes) · ja 趾行動物 (animal that walks on its toes) · fi varvasastuja (animal that walks on its toes) · io digitigrado (animal that walks on its toes) · id digitigrad (animal that walks on its toes) · cy bysgerddwr (animal that walks on its toes) · nl teenganger (animal that walks on its toes) · fr digitigrade (animal that walks on its toes) · sv tågångare (animal that walks on its toes)