Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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digitigrade | Yes | Yes | No | No |
plantigrade | Yes | Yes | No | No |
digitigrade (noun) | plantigrade (noun) |
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an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings |
digitigrade (adjective) | plantigrade (adjective) |
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(of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) |