Sentence example with the word 'saltation'

saltation

Definition n. (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

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The volume of the muscles of the hind limb changes more readily in response to saltation and running than do the muscles of the forelimb to flying.   [Please select]

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The hind limbs are short in birds that depend most on flight power, but are longer and the distal elements are disproportionately longer in birds that depend on saltation or on running.   [Please select]

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In the Bombycillidae that depend on flight power, rather than on saltation or on running power, there is a tendency for the digestive tract to become shorter and for the whole visceral mass to become more compact.   [Please select]

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