saltatorial, a.
(sæltəˈtɔərɪəl)
[f. L. saltātōri-us saltatory + -al1.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by leaping (or spec. dancing).
| 1789 Twining 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. 1843 Blackw. Mag. LIV. 84 Yarrell..confines their saltatorial powers only within ten or twelve perpendicular feet. 1877 Coues & Allen N. Amer. Rod. 532 The saltatorial nature of the animal. 1893 W. 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.
| 1842 Chamb. Jrnl. 30 July 220 A pair of thickened saltatorial legs. 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. II. 354 The Orthoptera fall readily into two great sections—namely, the saltatorial and cursorial Orthoptera. 1871 Darwin 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.
| 1823 New Monthly Mag. IX. 297/2 The progress of the saltatorian drama. 1825 Ibid. XV. 390 Pantomimic and saltatorian representations. |