saltigrade

English

Etymology

Latin saltus (“a leap”) + gradi (“to walk, go”).

Adjective

saltigrade (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Having feet or legs formed for leaping.

Noun

saltigrade (plural saltigrades)

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

References

• “saltigrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.