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Salticidae

Saltigradae \Sal`ti*gra"d[ae]\, n. pl. [NL. See Saltigrade.] (Zo["o]l.) A tribe of spiders including those which lie in wait and leap upon their prey; the leaping spiders; called also Salticidae.

Usage examples of "salticidae".

The guide was going on about the jumping spider, family Salticidae, genus Salticus.

He was a jumping spider of the family Salticidae, the most handsome and sophisticated of the spider clans, though not the largest or most populous.