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sal·ta·to·ry

(sal'tă-tō'rē),
Pertaining to, or characterized by, saltation.
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sal·ta·to·ry

(sal'tă-tōr-ē)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, saltation.
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The tympanic bulla is also greatly enlarged in saltatorial rodents and other mammals that live in arid environments, and may provide habitat-specific survival value (Lay, 1972; Webster & Webster, 1984; Van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1992; Webster & Plassmann; Huang et al.).
[TABULAR DATA FOR TABLE I OMITTED] The results also suggest that after spawning, female crabs reverse direction and move up the estuary in a saltatorial fashion (i.e., flood-tide transport).
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