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单词 salientian
释义

salientian

[ sey-lee-en-shuhn ]
/ ˌseɪ liˈɛn ʃən /
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adjective

belonging or pertaining to the superorder Salientia, comprising the frogs and toads (order Anura) and extinct species.

noun

a salientian amphibian.

Origin of salientian

1945–50; <New Latin Salienti(a) (Latin: neuter plural of saliēns;see salient) + -an

Words nearby salientian

salicylic acid, salicylism, salience, saliency, salient, salientian, Salieri, saliferous, salifiable, salify, Salii
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Example sentences from the Web for salientian

  • Unfortunately, this aspect of salientian population ecology has received no intensive study.

    A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla|William E. Duellman

British Dictionary definitions for salientian

salientian
/ (ˌseɪlɪˈɛnʃɪən) /

noun, adjective

another word for anuran

Word Origin for salientian

C19: from New Latin Salientia, literally: leapers, from Latin salīre to leap
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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