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anuran
- /əˈnjʊəɹ(ə)n/ UK
- /əˈn(j)ʊɹən/ US
- /æ-/ US
Where it comes from
From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “lacking”)) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -an.
noun anurans
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Any amphibian of the order Anura: any frog (narrow sense) or toad.
The fact that the higher Batrachia go on metamorphosing until several of their structures are so perfect as to require but the gentlest modification to make them fit for the Mammal, does not require one to suppose that the Toad and the Frog lie in the direct route from the Ichthyic to the Mammalian
Similar: batrachian, frog
adjective
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Of or relating to the order Anura.
As a further illustration, we may take the results of experiments in which a Urodele organiser (from Triton alpestris) is grafted into an Anuran embryo (Bufo vulgaris).
Similar: batrachian
Translations
Talk about this word "anuran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/anuran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. anuran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/anuran "anuran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/anuran.Cite this
@misc{anuran_2026,
title = {anuran},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anuran},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
