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Saltigrade

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Adjective
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sal=ti=grade

CIDE DICTIONARY

Saltigradea. [L. saltus a leap + gradi to walk, go: cf. F. saltigrade.].
     Having feet or legs formed for leaping.  [1913 Webster]
Saltigraden. 
     One of the Saltigradæ, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Saltigrade, adj. & n. Zool.
--adj. (of arthropods) moving by leaping or jumping.
--n. a saltigrade arthropod, e.g. a spider, sand-hopper, etc.

Etymology
mod.L Saltigradae f. L saltus leap f. salire salt- + -gradus walking

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