What does saltigrade mean?
Saltigrade means (zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping..
Saltigrade
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Meaning
(zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping..
Definitions by Sense
- (zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
- (zoology, obsolete) One of the Saltigradae, a former tribe of jumping spiders (now treated as the family Salticidae).
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- saltigrades
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