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phalangigrade

phalangigrade adjective: that walks on the phalanges instead of the hooves.

Adjective

phalangigrade (not comparable)

  1. (typically of camels and llamas) That walks on the phalanges instead of the hooves

Origin of phalangigrade

From phalange + -i- + -grade (“means of walking”).

Questions about phalangigrade

What does phalangigrade mean?
Phalangigrade means that walks on the phalanges instead of the hooves.
What part of speech is phalangigrade?
Phalangigrade is an adjective.

Words near phalangigrade in the dictionary

  1. phalangid
  2. phalangidan
  3. phalangidans
  4. phalangids
  5. phalangiform
  6. phalangigrade
  7. phalangiid
  8. phalangiids
  9. phalangine
  10. phalangines
  11. phalangioid

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