digitigrade

a. 趾行的, 趾行类的 n. 趾行动物

发音

UK /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
US /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/
US /-ɾə/

词形变化

digitigrades 复数 digitigrades

别名

digitgrade

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

    生物 动物学
adj.
  1. 1.

    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.

    生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

eutherian placental
形容词

反义词 1

plantigrade

词源

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

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