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digitigrade vs eutherian mammal

eutherian mammal vs digitigrade

digitigrade and eutherian mammal both are nouns.

digitigrade is an adjective but eutherian mammal is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
digitigrade Yes Yes No No
eutherian mammal Yes No No No
As nouns, eutherian mammal is a hypernym of digitigrade; that is, eutherian mammal is a word with a broader meaning than digitigrade:
  • digitigrade: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
  • eutherian mammal: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Other hypernyms of digitigrade include eutherian, placental, placental mammal.
digitigrade (noun) eutherian mammal (noun)
an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
digitigrade (adjective) eutherian mammal (adjective)
(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do)
Difference between digitigrade and eutherian mammal

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