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biodegrade VB intr

digital [ˈdɪdʒɪt̬l, Brit -tl] ADJ

litigate [ˈlɪt̬ɪgeɪt, Brit ˈlɪt-] VB intr

mitigate [ˈmɪt̬ɪgeɪt, Brit ˈmɪt-] VB trans form

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They had the appearance of large, digitigrade, tapir-like mammals with relatively short, slender limbs and five-toed feet with broad, flat phalanges.
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In digitigrade and unguligrade animals, the metacarpals are greatly extended and strengthened, forming an additional segment to the limb, a feature that typically enhances the animal's speed.
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Their feet are digitigrade and short, with five toes on each foot.
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It was a digitigrade mammal, with brachyodont and lophobunodont teeth.
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It commonly grows high on the leg such that in digitigrade species, when the animal is standing, it does not make contact with the ground.
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Cats are digitigrade, which means they walk on their tip toes: this means they will need to relearn to walk.
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They are plantigrade animals while at rest; however, they move around on their toes while running, assuming a more digitigrade form.
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A plantigrade foot is the primitive condition for mammals; digitigrade and unguligrade locomotion evolved later.
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I learned that a digitigrade is an animal that stands or walks on its toes.
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The leg of a digitigrade mammal also includes the metatarsals/metacarpals, the bones that in a human compose the arch of the foot and the palm of the hand.
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