digitigrade

/-ɾə/

UK: /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/

digitigrade

English Adj

Definition

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.

From French digitigrade, from Latin digitus (“finger, toe, digit”) + -grade (“gait”); compare New Latin digitigradus.