digitigrade

Meanings

Plural: digitigrades

Noun

an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

Adjective

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

Adj

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.
Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

digitigrade mammal

Antonyms

plantigrade, plantigrade mammal

Scrabble Score: 15

digitigrade is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
digitigrade is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
digitigrade is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

digitigrade is a valid Words With Friends word