saltigradae

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saltigradae - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Saltigradae \Sal`ti*gra"dae\, n. pl. [NL. See Saltigrade.]
     (Zool.)
     A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap
     upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also
     Salticidae.
     [1913 Webster]