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digitigrade vs plantigrade

plantigrade vs digitigrade

digitigrade and plantigrade both are nouns.

digitigrade and plantigrade both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
digitigrade Yes Yes No No
plantigrade Yes Yes No No
digitigrade (noun) plantigrade (noun)
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)
(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)
Difference between digitigrade and plantigrade

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