digitigrade.

Walking or standing mainly on the digits, with the heel normally raised from the ground.

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Words that belong together

• digitigrade legs
• a digitigrade stance

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The model gave the robot digitigrade legs to match the studied gait.

The observer compared the alien stance with digitigrade animals without claiming shared ancestry.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Relational stance adjective; ordinary comparative and superlative usually not applicable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.