From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Kay Shapero wrote:   
   > In article , mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
   >>   
   >> aileuromorphic   
   >>   
   >> vibrissae   
   >>   
   >> metapodia   
   >>   
   >> calcaneus   
   >   
   > The first two certainly go together - if your characters are catlike,   
   > whiskers seem to be an obvious choice.  Though it would depend heavily   
   > on scansion in my case since I generally write songs, not stories.   
   >   
   > Probably not the other two   
      
   You don't see it.  In the cat family, the legs are extended by the   
   lengthening of the metapodia, while the animal stands on its toes.  The   
   calcaneus never touches the ground while walking.  This gives the   
   felids their gracility.  In the family Procyonidae, the metapodia are   
   less elongated and lie on the ground while the raccoon walks, yet the   
   calcaneus never touches the ground as it does for hominids.   
      
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