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saltigrade

[sal-ti-greyd, sawl-]
adjective
  1. moving by leaping.
  2. belonging or pertaining to the family Salticidae, comprising the jumping spiders.
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Origin of saltigrade

1830–40; < Latin salt(āre) to jump (see saltant) + -i- + -grade
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Examples from the Web for saltigrade

Historical Examples

  • These are jumping or Saltigrade spiders, belonging to the Attid.

    Old Farm Fairies:

    Henry Christopher McCook

British Dictionary definitions for saltigrade

saltigrade

adjective
  1. (of animals) adapted for moving in a series of jumps
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Word Origin

C19: from New Latin Saltigradae, name formerly applied to jumping spiders, from Latin saltus a leap + gradī to move
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