batrachian

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batrachian

/bəˈtɹeɪkɪən/

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From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

noun batrachians

rare Any frog (narrow sense) or toad. The warmth of his defence of the toad led me to suspect uneasily that a close search of his quarters would pretty certainly reveal a comfortable vivarium somewhere, bursting with the little batrachians.
Similar: anuran, frog

adjective more batrachian · most batrachian

Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad. Near-synonyms: froggish, froggy, froglike, frogly, ranid, ranine, toadish, toadlike, toadly, toady
Similar: froggish, froggy, froglike, frogly, ranid, ranine, toadish, toadlike, toadly, toady

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@misc{batrachian_2026,
  title = {batrachian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/batrachian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}