† phaneroglossaladj. [after scientific Latin Phaneroglossae (J. Wagler Natürliches System der Amphibien (1830) 131; compare French phanéroglosse (dated 1839 in Robert Dict. alphabétique et analogique (1986))] ZoologyObsoleterare of or denoting a former division of anurans having tongues, which contained all anurans except those of the family Pipidae; cf. aglossaladj.
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1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 172 159 In the phaneroglossal Anura, any external bone there may be is soon lost in the deeper ossification.