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saltation
noun as in jump
noun as in spring
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As an adaptation to saltation the tibia would elongate at the expense of the femur and the index would be more than 100.
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Long tail and long hind foot would seem to be specializations for saltation and the two would be expected to be correlated.
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Life must be taken with a grain of saltation: let the spirit dance a measure or two ere it collapse.
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Saltation is downwind movement of particles in a series of jumps or skips.
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Particles are transported by winds through suspension, saltation, and creep.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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