saltigrade

English

Etymology

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

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.