Salientia
|sa-li-en-ti-a|
/səˈliːɛnʃə/
the leaping ones
Etymology
'Salientia' originates from Latin, specifically from the present participle related to the verb 'salire' meaning 'to leap' or 'to jump.'
'Salientia' was formed in New Latin/scientific Latin from the Latin participle root (from 'salire') and adopted into biological taxonomy to name the group of leaping amphibians; it has been used in comparative anatomy and paleontology since the 19th century.
Initially a Latin participial form meaning 'those that leap,' it evolved into a technical taxonomic name for the amphibian clade now referred to as Salientia (closely related to or overlapping with Anura).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a taxonomic clade or order of amphibians that includes frogs and their extinct relatives; literally 'the leaping ones' (used in comparative anatomy and paleontology).
Salientia includes modern frogs and many fossil relatives that together illustrate the early evolution of anurans.
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