different between anuran vs batrachian

English

Etymology

From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”) (from Latin an-, from Ancient Greek ??- (an-), from Proto-Indo-European *n?- (“prefix meaning ‘not’”) + Ancient Greek ???? (ourá, “tail”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?érsos (“backside, buttocks”)) +? -n (from Latin -?nus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’”), from -nus, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (“suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nj???(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n(j)???n/, /æ-/
• Hyphenation: an?ur?an

Noun

anuran (plural anurans)

1. (batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

Related terms

• anourous, anurous
• anurophagous
• Anura
• anural

Translations

Adjective

anuran (not comparable)

1. (batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura.

Translations

See also

• froggish
• froggy
• froglike
• frogly
• ranarian
• ranine
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly

Synonyms

• batrachian

Hypernyms

• salientian

Further reading

• Anura (frog) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??t?e?k??n/

Noun

batrachian (plural batrachians)

1. (rare) A frog or toad.

Adjective

batrachian (comparative more batrachian, superlative most batrachian)

1. Pertaining to a frog or toad.
   • 2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look"

     I dig her batrachian lips / Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

Synonyms

• anuran

Hypernyms

• salientian

See also

• froggish
• froggy
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly