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adj
Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: froggish, froggy, froglike, frogly, ranid, ranine, toadish, toadlike, toadly, toady
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any frog (narrow sense) or toad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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Synonyms: anuran, frog
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lissamphibian, amphibian, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
adjective
relating to frogs and toads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: anuran, salientian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, salientian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amphibian
Narrower terms: true frog, ranid, leptodactylid frog, leptodactylid, robber frog, barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, crapaud, South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, tree frog, tree-frog, tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui, Liopelma hamiltoni, true toad, obstetrical toad, midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans, Alytes cisternasi, fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, spadefoot, spadefoot toad, tree toad, western narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne olivacea, eastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis, sheep frog, tongueless frog, South American poison toad
History
From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).
