(zoology) Of an animal: 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.

(zoology, chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

present participle of digit

present participle of digitilize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of digitilize

simple past tense and past participle of digitilize

digitigrade locomotion

Having the shape of a finger.

plural of digitigrade