digitigrade

noun

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

adjective

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

Roots

digitusdigiti- · Latin · finger, toe gradigrade- · Latin · to walk, step

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The word digitigrade breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: digiti, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe”); and grade, from Latin gradi (“to walk, step”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.