Digitigrade

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What Wikipedia says

In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade ( DIJ-ih-tih-grayd; from Latin digitus 'finger' and gradior 'walk') describes locomotion walking or running on the toes. A digitigrade animal is one that stands or walks with its toes (phalanges) on the ground, and the rest of its foot lifted.

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