digitigrade

/ˌdɪdʒɪdəˈgreɪd/

Other forms: digitigrades

Definitions of digitigrade

1. noun

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

   type of:

   eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

   mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
2. adjective

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

   plantigrade

   (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do)