saltativeness

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• saltant —   a. leaping; dancing; Biology, exhibiting saltation.    ♦ saltation, n. act of leaping or dancing; spurt; sudden metamorphosis; mutation.    ♦ saltativeness, n. ability to jump.    ♦ saltatorial,    ♦ saltatory, a. pertaining to leaping or… …   Dictionary of difficult words