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Batrachian
//bəˈtɹeɪkɪən// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
"Anon the minnow-bucket will emit '"batrachian"' sobs."
Adjective
- 1 relating to frogs and toads wordnet
Noun
- 1 A frog or toad. rare
"The warmth of his defence of the toad led me to suspect uneasily that a close search of his quarters would pretty certainly reveal a comfortable vivarium somewhere, bursting with the little batrachians."
- 2 any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).
Etymology 2
From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).
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