saltigrade

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adjective

Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

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Meanings

adjectivesaltigrade (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving feet or legs formed for leaping.
nounsaltigrade (plural saltigrades)

plural saltigrades

  1. obsoletebiologyOne of the Saltigradae, a former tribe of jumping spiders (now treated as the family Salticidae).

Origin

From Latin saltus (“a leap”) + -i- (linking vowel) + -grade (“way of walking”) (often used especially for foot morphology).

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APA

saltigrade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltigrade

MLA

“saltigrade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltigrade. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saltigrade,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saltigrade.

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