digitigrade
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd//-ɾə/noun
Definitions
(chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.
adjective
Definitions
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.
Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
(specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.