| a. | 1. | (Zool.) Walking on the toes; - distinguished from |
| n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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. |
| Adj. | 1. | digitigrade - (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised Antonyms: plantigrade - (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot |