Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - digitate

adj. 1 Zool. having separate fingers or toes. 2 Bot. having deep radiating divisions. Derivatives digitately adv. digitation n. Etymology: L digitatus (as DIGIT) DIGITIGRADE adj. & n. Zool. --adj. (of an animal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, e.g. dogs, cats, and rodents. --n. a digitigrade animal (cf. PLANTIGRADE). Etymology: F f. L digitus + -gradus -walking