Anura

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anura \A*nu"ra\ ([.a]*n[=u]"r[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an
     priv. + o'yra` a tail.] (Zool.)
     One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence
     of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also {anoura}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Anura
       n : frogs, toads, tree toads [syn: {Salientia}, {order Salientia},
            {order Anura}, {Batrachia}, {order Batrachia}]