അർത്ഥം : An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses.
പര്യായപദങ്ങൾ : digitigrade mammal
An animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings.
plantigrade, plantigrade mammalഅർത്ഥം : (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).
plantigrade