Batrachian

3 definitions found

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

  Batrachian \Ba*tra"chi*an\, a. (Zool.)
     Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n. One of the Batrachia.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  batrachian
       adj : relating to frogs and toads [syn: {anuran}, {salientian}]
       n : any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long
           hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial
           species [syn: {frog}, {toad}, {toad frog}, {anuran}, {salientian}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "batrachian":
     amphibian, anguine, bullfrog, colubriform, crawling, creeping,
     croaker, crocodilian, frog, froggy, hoppytoad, hoptoad, lizardlike,
     newt, ophidian, paddock, polliwog, repent, reptant, reptile,
     reptilelike, reptilian, reptiliform, reptiloid, salamander,
     saurian, serpentiform, serpentile, serpentine, serpentlike,
     serpentoid, slithering, snakelike, snaky, tadpole, toad, toadish,
     tree frog, tree toad, viperiform, viperish, viperlike, viperoid,
     viperous, vipery