salientian

salientian
/say'lee en"sheuhn/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.
n.
2. a salientian amphibian.
[1945-50; < NL Salienti(a) (L: neut. pl. of saliens; see SALIENT) + -AN]

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