digitigrade
Meaning of digitigrade
adjective
(of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent.
mid 19th century: from Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’ + -gradus ‘-walking’.
Information about digitigrade
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of digitigrade is: digitigrades.
- Languages in which digitigrade is used:
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Hyphenation of digitigrade
dig-it-i-grade
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- digitigrade is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with digitigrade
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