different between batrachian vs amphibian

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

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amphíbion), from ???? (amphí, “of both kinds”) + ???? (bíos, “life”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?m'f?b"?-?n, IPA^(key): /æm?f?b??n/

Adjective

amphibian (comparative more amphibian, superlative most amphibian)

1. Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
2. Capable of operating on both land and water amphibious.
3. (obsolete) Having two natures.

Derived terms

• amphibian helicopter
• amphibian species
• amphibian tank

Translations

Noun

amphibian (plural amphibians)

1. An animal of the Amphibia; any four-legged vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.
2. A vehicle which can operate on land and water. See Wikipedia article on "Amphibious aircraft"

Synonyms

• amphibium

Hypernyms

• Animalia
• Chordata
• Tetrapoda

Hyponyms

• Batrachia
• batrachian
• batrachofauna
• Labyrinthodontia (extinct)
• Lepospondyli (extinct)
• Lissamphibia

  Anura

  Caudata

  Gymnophiona

• Salientia

Related terms

• Amphibia
• amphibiology
• amphibiotic
• amphibious
• amphibius

Translations

See also

• Appendix: Animals
• amphibole
• amphibology
• amphiboly
• batrachology
• herpetology (amphibiology, reptiliology)