saltant

saltant

(ˈsæltənt)
adj
(Microbiology) (of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation
[C17: from Latin saltāns dancing, from saltāre, from salīre to spring]
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The delusion gave a new impulse to his ardour; and no professor of the saltant art ever applied himself with greater industry, than the naturalist now used his heels on the ribs of Asinus.
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(Tympana tanguntur, cytharae quoque percuntiuntur, voxque tubae resonat sonitum, lyra tacta resonat, mox mimi saltant, gaudet chorus, organa cantant).
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