batrachian

American  

[buh-tray-kee-uhn] / bəˈtreɪ ki ən /

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Batrachia, a former group comprising the amphibians, and sometimes restricted to the salientians.

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noun

1. an amphibian, especially a salientian.

batrachian British  

/ bəˈtreɪkɪən /

noun

1. any amphibian, esp a frog or toad

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adjective

1. of or relating to the frogs and toads

batrachian Scientific  

/ bə-trā′kē-ən /

1. Relating to tailless amphibians, such as frogs and toads.

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Etymology

Origin of batrachian

1825–35; < New Latin Batrachi ( a ) (< Greek bátrach ( os ) frog + New Latin -ia noun suffix (neuter plural)) + -an )

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Example Sentences

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batrachian

Last month he did something that was in its way as fantastic as any of the acts of Kenneth Grahame's capricious batrachian.

From Time Magazine Archive

It looks like a batrachian, save for its short, sharp tail.

From Time Magazine Archive

The influences dependent on food, soil, and climate producing normal modifications have been remarkably illustrated in the gilled batrachian Axolotl.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot

In that mighty flat they seemed as insignificant as frogs, and their progress suggested the batrachian as they leaped and zigzagged.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

The water is the life-blood of the marsh,—drain it, and reed and rush, bird and batrachian, perish or disappear.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe

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