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saltant

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saltant [ˈsæltənt]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) (of an organism) differing from others of its species because of a saltation
[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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