salientian
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of salientian
1945–50; < New Latin Salienti ( a ) ( Latin: neuter plural of saliēns; see salient) + -an
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, this aspect of salientian population ecology has received no intensive study.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
If the presence of ventrolateral glands in breeding males is ignored, a student of salientian systematics might derive the Ptychohyla euthysanota group from a hylid stock containing Hyla miotympanum and Hyla mixomaculata.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
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