Batrachian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bəˈtreɪkɪən/

Origin

From modern Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Greek βατραχεια, neuter plural of adjective from βατραχος ‘frog’.

Full definition of batrachian

Noun

1. A frog or toad.
• 1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, 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.

Adjective

1. 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.
• 2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look"I dig her batrachian lips
  Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

Synonyms

• anuran