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saltation
noun(sal-ta-tion)
the action or process of leaping or jumping
saltation
noun(sal-ta-tion)
dance
saltation
noun(sal-ta-tion)
the origin of a new species or a higher taxon in essentially a single evolutionary step that in some especially former theories is held to be due to a major mutation

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