different between toad vs batrachian

English

Alternative forms

• tode (obsolete)
• twoad (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *t?de, a shortened variant of Old English t?die, t?di?e (“toad”). Compare Old English t?xe (“toad”).

Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English t?xe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /to?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??d/
• Rhymes: -??d
• Homophones: toed, towed

Noun

toad (plural toads)

1. An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
   • 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.

2. (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
3. (derogatory) An ugly person.

Synonyms

(amphibian):

• pad
• paddock

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• amphibian
• frog
• frosh/frosk
• paddock
• tadpole

Verb

toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)

1. (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.

Anagrams

• DOTA, DotA, Dota, doat

Estonian

Noun

toad

1. nominative plural of tuba

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