ˈunguligrade, a. Zool.
[ad. mod.L. unguligradus, f. L. ungula claw + -gradus walking. Cf. F. ongulograde.]
Walking on the tips of the digits.
| 1869 Huxley Introd. Classif. 146 Unguligrade, those animals which walk on the tips of the digits only, which are always hoofed. 1881 Mivart Cat 472 The Carnivora also are always digitigrade or plantigrade, never unguligrade. |