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saltatorial, a.|sæltəˈtɔərɪəl|
[f. L. saltātōri-us saltatory + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by leaping (or spec. dancing).
1789Twining tr. Arist. Poet. i. vii. 72 [In tragedy] the Trochaic tetrameter was made use of, as better suited to the satyric and saltatorial genius of the Poem at that time. 1843Blackw. Mag. LIV. 84 Yarrell..confines their saltatorial powers only within ten or twelve perpendicular feet. 1877Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 532 The saltatorial nature of the animal. 1893W. A. Shee My Contemp. ii. 39 Whirled away into every species of saltatorial excess.
2. Fitted or adapted for leaping; spec. belonging to the group Saltatoria of insects.
1842Chamb. Jrnl. 30 July 220 A pair of thickened saltatorial legs. 1855Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. II. 354 The Orthoptera fall readily into two great sections—namely, the saltatorial and cursorial Orthoptera. 1871Darwin Desc. Man (1890) II. x. 282 The males in the three saltatorial families in this Order are remarkable for their musical powers.
So saltaˈtorian a., involving dancing.
1823New Monthly Mag. IX. 297/2 The progress of the saltatorian drama. 1825Ibid. XV. 390 Pantomimic and saltatorian representations. |