Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Salticoidea — very manyjumping spiders .
Etymologies
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Saltis + -idae
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Examples
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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.
Falcon Street 2010
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So far arachnologists have described more than 300 species of Salticidae from Australia and estimate another
A Snail's Eye View 2008
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