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Meaning of SALTIGRADE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Sal"ti*grade\, a. [L. saltus a leap + gradi to walk,
    go: cf. F. saltigrade.] (Zo["o]l.)
    Having feet or legs formed for leaping.
    
  2. \Sal"ti*grade\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
    One of the {Saltigrad[ae]}, a tribe of spiders which leap to
    seize their prey.
    
 
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