adjective
- relating to or adapted for leaping or jumping
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- Grasshoppers have saltatorial legs that allow them to jump great distances.
- The frog’s saltatorial adaptations include powerful hind limbs.
- Many insects display saltatorial behavior when escaping predators.
- The kangaroo’s saltatorial locomotion is highly efficient for covering ground.
- Researchers studied the saltatorial mechanisms of various jumping spiders.
- The cricket’s saltatorial ability helps it evade capture.