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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Fourth report on additions to the batrachian collection in the Natural History Museum.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman

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

Worthy of being the president of his nation is that enormous batrachian, the bull frog, both from his size, the power of his notes, and his hardihood and endurance.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

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