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salientian, a. (and n.) Zool.|seɪlɪˈɛntʃɪən, -ˈɛntɪən|
[f. mod.L. name of order Salientia (J. N. Laurenti Synopsis Reptilium (1768) 24), f. L. salient-em (see salient a. and n.) + -ia1: see -an.]
= anuran a. Also as n.
1948Evolution II. 29/2 The general trend of modified salientian ontogeny is towards withdrawal of development from water. 1951[see calcar2 2]. 1956Nature 18 Feb. 342/2 How, then, can the salientian trends so clearly shown in the hind limbs and girdle..be correlated with the absence of a functional sacrum? 1973Estes & Reig in J. L. Vial Evolutionary Biol. Anurans i. 43 This hypothesis does not afford an answer..to the question of placement of salientian origins. |