digitigrade

[ dij-i-ti-greyd ]

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tɪˌgreɪd /

walking on the toes, as most quadruped mammals.

a digitigrade animal.

Origin of digitigrade

From French, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at digiti-, -grade

The tread is therefore on the toes (digitigrade), and the wrist is high up above the ground.

Evolution |Joseph Le Conte
The feet are more or less hairy beneath, and the animals are digitigrade.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard
It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental.

The Desert World |Arthur Mangin
The much persecuted otter presents himself to our notice among the worm-bodied, digitigrade animals.

Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals |R. Lee

The pes is digitigrade or plantigrade, and has three, rarely four, digits.

The Vertebrate Skeleton |Sidney H. Reynolds

digitigrade

/ (ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd) /

(of dogs, cats, horses, etc) walking so that only the toes touch the ground

a digitigrade animal