digitigradeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dĭʹjĭtĭgrād', IPA: /ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡɹeɪd/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɪd͡ʒətəɡɹeɪd/, /-ɾə/
• ハイフネーション: di‧gi‧ti‧grade

形容詞

digitigrade (not comparable)

1. (zoology) 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.
2. (zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal.
3. (zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora.

派生語

• digitigradism

名詞

digitigrade (plural digitigrades)

1. (zoology, chiefly in the plural) A digitigrade animal; an animal that walks on its toes, such as a cat or a dog.

等位語

• plantigrade
• unguligrade

参照

• “digitigrade, a. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Further reading

• digitigrade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia