Definitions for digitigrade
ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tɪˌgreɪddig·it·i·grade

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. digitigrade mammal, digitigradeadjective

   an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses

2. digitigradeadjective

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. digitigradenoun

   A digitigrade animal, such as a dog or a cat; an animal that walks on its toes.

2. digitigradeadjective

   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.

3. digitigradeadjective

   Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

4. digitigradeadjective

   Of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.

5. Etymology: From digitigrade (Modern Latin digitigradus), from digitus (whence digit) + gradus.

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1. Digitigrade

   In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade () locomotion is walking or running on the toes (from the Latin digitus, 'finger', and gradior, 'walk'). A digitigrade animal is one that stands or walks with its toes (metatarsals) touching the ground, and the rest of its foot lifted. Digitigrades include walking birds (what many assume to be bird knees are actually ankles), cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades. Digitigrades generally move more quickly and quietly than other animals. There are anatomical differences between the limbs of plantigrades, like humans, and both unguligrade and digitigrade limbs. Digitigrade and unguligrade animals have relatively long carpals and tarsals, and the bones which would correspond to the human ankle are thus set much higher in the limb than in a human. In a digitigrade animal, this effectively lengthens the foot, so much so that what are often thought of as a digitigrade animal's "hands" and "feet" correspond only to what would be the bones of the human finger or toe. Humans usually walk with the soles of their feet on the ground, in plantigrade locomotion. In contrast, digitigrade animals walk on their distal and intermediate phalanges. Digitigrade locomotion is responsible for the distinctive hooked shape of dog legs. Unguligrade animals, such as horses and cattle, walk only on the distal-most tips of their digits, while in digitigrade animals, more than one segment of the digit makes contact with the ground, either directly (as in birds) or via paw-pads (as in dogs).

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1. digitigrade

   Digitigrade refers to an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. This configuration is common in many birds and mammals, including cats, dogs, and rodents, allowing them to move silently and quickly. The leg of a digitigrade animal is typically more elongated and adapted to better absorb shocks.

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1. Digitigradeadjective

   walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade

2. Digitigradenoun

   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

3. Etymology: [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.]

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1. Digitigrade

   A digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its digits, or toes. Digitigrades include walking birds, cats, dogs, and many other mammals, but not plantigrades or unguligrades. Digitigrades generally move more quickly and quietly than other mammals. There are anatomical differences between the limbs of plantigrades, like humans, and both unguligrade and digitigrade limbs. Digitigrade and unguligrade animals have relatively long carpals and tarsals, and the bones which would correspond to the human ankle are thus set much higher in the limb than in a human. In a digitigrade animal, this effectively lengthens the foot, so much so that what are often thought of as a digitigrade animal's "hands" and "feet" correspond only to what would be the bones of the human finger or toe. Humans usually walk with the soles of their feet on the ground, in plantigrade locomotion. In contrast, digitigrade animals walk on their distal and intermediate phalanges. Digitigrade locomotion is responsible for the distinctive hooked shape of dog legs. Unguligrade animals, such as horses and cattle, walk only on the distal-most tips of their digits, while in digitigrade animals, more than one segment of the digit makes contact with the ground, either directly or via paw-pads.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of digitigrade in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of digitigrade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=digitigrade
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Digitigrade
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitigrade
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/digitigrade
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=digitigrade