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Webster 1913 Edition

Saltigrade

Sal′ti-grade

,

Adj.

[L.

saltus

a leap +

gradi

to walk, go: cf. F.

saltigrade

.]

(Zool.)

Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

Sal′ti-grade

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

One of the

Saltigradae

, a tribe of spiders which leap to seize their prey.