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batrachian
noun
A frog or toad.
1976
: 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
. " Kyril Bonfiglioli,
Something Nasty in the Woodshed
(Penguin 2001, p. 421)
adjective
Pertaining to a frog or toad.
1939
: At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless grin. " Henry Miller,
Tropic Of Capricorn
1965
: His lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey. " John Fowles,
The Magus
Etymology:
From modern Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order
Anura
, from Greek , neuter plural of adjective from "frog".
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