batrachian
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From modern Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Greek βατραχεια, neuter plural of adjective from βατραχος ‘frog’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bəˈtreɪkɪən/
[edit] Noun
batrachian (plural batrachians)
- A frog or toad.
- 1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Penguin, published 2001, page 421:
- 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.
- 1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Penguin, published 2001, page 421:
[edit] Adjective
batrachian (comparative more batrachian, superlative most batrachian)
- Pertaining to a frog or toad.
- 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic Of Capricorn:
- At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.
- 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:
- His batrachian lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey.
- 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic Of Capricorn:
