| CITIGRADE | • citigrade adj. Characteristic of spiders of the species Loxosceles citigrada. • CITIGRADE adj. moving quickly, applied specifically to the Lycosidae or wolf-spiders that run down their prey. |
| POSIGRADE | • posigrade n. (Aerospace) A small rocket that gives additional forward thrust. • POSIGRADE adj. having or producing positive thrust. |
| TALIGRADE | • taligrade adj. (Biology) Walking on the edge of its feet. • TALIGRADE adj. walking on the outer side of the foot, as opposed to plantigrade. |
| CENTIGRADE | • centigrade adj. (Of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points. • centigrade adj. Celsius (since 1948). • centigrade n. (Uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its… |
| CIRRIGRADE | • cirrigrade adj. (Zoology) moved or moving by means of cirri. • CIRRIGRADE adj. moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages. |
| DORSIGRADE | • DORSIGRADE adj. walking on the back of the toes. |
| MULTIGRADE | • multigrade adj. Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil). • multigrade adj. (Education) Relating to students of differing grade levels. • MULTIGRADE n. a brand of black and white photographic paper coated with a mixture of emulsions which are sensitive to the colour of the printing light used and which produce different contrast grades as a result. |
| SALTIGRADE | • saltigrade adj. (Zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping. • saltigrade n. (Zoology, obsolete) One of the Saltigradae, a former tribe of spiders (now treated as the family Salticidae)… • SALTIGRADE n. a kind of jumping spider. |
| SPINIGRADE | • spinigrade adj. (Zoology) Moving by means of spines. • SPINIGRADE n. a type of spiny echinoderm. |
| TARDIGRADE | • tardigrade adj. Sluggish; moving slowly. • tardigrade n. (Zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada. • tardigrade n. Sloth. |
| DIGITIGRADE | • digitigrade adj. (Zoology) Of an animal: walking on the toes, putting the weight of the body mainly on the ball of the… • digitigrade adj. (Zoology) Of feet or a manner of walking: of, resembling, or pertaining to that of a digitigrade animal. • digitigrade adj. (Zoology, specifically) Belonging to the Digitigrada of the taxonomic order Carnivora. |
| LATERIGRADE | • laterigrade adj. (Zoology, of legs) Designed to move sideways. • LATERIGRADE adj. having a sideways manner of moving, as a crab. |
| PLANTIGRADE | • plantigrade adj. (Zoology) Of an animal: walking with the entire sole of the foot on the ground. • plantigrade n. (Zoology) A plantigrade animal; an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot on the ground. • PLANTIGRADE adj. walking on the soles of the feet, as humans do. |
| UNGULIGRADE | • unguligrade adj. (Zoology) That walks on hooves. • unguligrade n. (Zoology) An animal that walks on hooves. • UNGULIGRADE adj. walking on hoofs. |