趾し行こう性せい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

digitigrade

Zoological term describing animals that walk on their toes, such as dogs and cats. Often used attributively with の.

• 犬いぬや猫ねこは趾し行こう性せいの動どう物ぶつです。

  Dogs and cats are digitigrade animals.

• 趾し行こう性せいの歩あるき方かたは、かかとを地じ面めんにつけない。

  Digitigrade locomotion does not place the heel on the ground.