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saltation — saltational, adj. /sal tay sheuhn/, n. 1. a dancing, hopping, or leaping movement. 2. an abrupt movement or transition. 3. Geol. intermittent, leaping movement of particles of sand or gravel, as from the force of wind or running water. 4. Biol. a … Universalium
Leiopelmatidae — New Zealand primitive frogs Temporal range: 200–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Saltation (biology) — In biology, saltation (from Latin, saltus , leap ) is a sudden change from one generation to the next, that is large, or very large, in comparison with the usual variation of an organism. The term is used for occasionally hypothesized, nongradual … Wikipedia
Tausendfüßer — (Myriapoda) Systematik Unterabteilung: Bilateria ohne Rang: Urmünder (Protostomia) … Deutsch Wikipedia
evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
