| salient | (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy |
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| salient | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention |
| salient | (heraldry) represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) |
| salient | (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees |
| salient | an angle pointing outward |
| salient | frogs, toads, tree toads |
| salient | any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping |
| salient | (zoology) relating to frogs and toads |