saltigrade
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prettygoodwordsaltigrade (SAL-ti-grayd) - adj., moving by leaps, having leaping legs; of or relating to the family Salticidae, comprising the jumping spiders.
Jumping spiders are, of course, cyuuuuuuuute. Even cuter than kangaroos. Coined around 1830 from Latin roots saltāre, to jump + -grade, a combinatory form for manner of movement, which is from either gradus, step, or gradī, to walk.
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Jumping spiders are, of course, cyuuuuuuuute. Even cuter than kangaroos. Coined around 1830 from Latin roots saltāre, to jump + -grade, a combinatory form for manner of movement, which is from either gradus, step, or gradī, to walk.
I feel like doing a theme week based on initial letter. Suggest me a letter!
---L.
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Date: 2010-07-09 05:21 pm (UTC)I wonder if kangaroos can be considered as saltigrades...
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Date: 2010-07-12 01:58 pm (UTC)Even when they're not bounding, they still kinda hop.
---L.