batrachian

ba·tra·chi·an

B0115000 (bə-trā′kē-ən)n. An amphibian, especially a frog, or, in some classifications, a frog or a salamander but not a caecilian.

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[From Greek batrakhos, frog.]

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ba·tra′chi·an adj.

batrachian

(bəˈtreɪkɪən) n (Animals) any amphibian, esp a frog or toadadj (Animals) of or relating to the frogs and toads[C19: from New Latin Batrachia, from Greek batrakhos frog]

ba•tra•chi•an

(bəˈtreɪ ki ən)

adj. 1. of or pertaining to the Batrachia, a former group name for frogs and toads. n. 2. a frog or toad. [1825–35; < New Latin Batrachi(a) (< Greek bátrach(os) frog + New Latin -ia + -an¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	batrachian - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial speciesanuran, frog, salientian, toad, toad frogamphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult formranid, true frog - insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legsleptodactylid, leptodactylid frog - toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arborealrobber frog - small terrestrial frog of tropical Americabarking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, robber frog - of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's barkcrapaud, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog - large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrogtree frog, tree-frog - any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toesAscaphus trui, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad - western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organLiopelma hamiltoni - primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feettrue toad - tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skinAlytes obstetricans, obstetrical toad, midwife toad - European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatchAlytes cisternasi, midwife toad - similar in habit to Alytes obstetriciansBombina bombina, fire-bellied toad - toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its undersidespadefoot, spadefoot toad - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foottree frog, tree toad, tree-frog - arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and AmericaGastrophryne olivacea, western narrow-mouthed toad - small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North Americaeastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis - small toad of southeastern United Statessheep frog - mostly of Central Americatongueless frog - almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South AmericaSouth American poison toad - a South American toad
Adj.	1.	batrachian - relating to frogs and toads anuran, salientianzoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals

Translations

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