| digitigrade | <zoology> Walking on the toes; distinguished from plantigrade. Origin: L. Digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. Digitigrade. <zoology> An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| digitigrade |
digitigrade mammal: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
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| digitigrade |
walking so that the weight of the body is on the toes and the back of the foot is raised; red fox and bobcat are examples of digitigrades
Ãâó: www.kentuckyawake.org/templates/glossary/
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| digitigrade |
Walking on the digits, with the metatarsals and metacarpals elevated (eg grey wolf)
Ãâó: www.uoguelph.ca/~mammals/Mammalogy_2005_glossary.h...
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| digitigrade |
walking on tips of carpals/tarsals, metacarpals/metatarsals, and phalanges.
Ãâó: www.humboldt.edu/~cmc43/glossary.htm
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| digitigrade |
Refers to walking on the digits only.
Ãâó: digsfossils.com/fossils/footprints_glossary.html
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| digitigrade | (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised |
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| digitigrade | an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses |
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