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  1. anuran: relating to frogs and toads
  2. frog: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
  3. (batrachia) Salientia: frogs, toads, tree toads
  4. Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura (meaning "tail-less", from Greek an-, without + oura, tail), formerly referred to as Salientia (Latin salere (salio), "to jump"). Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits (fingers or toes), protruding eyes and the absence of a tail. ...
  5. (Batrachia) Amphibians (class Amphibia, from Amphi- meaning "on both sides" and -bios meaning "life"), such as frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians, are ectothermic (or cold-blooded) animals that metamorphose from a juvenile water-breathing form, either to an adult air-breathing form ...
  6. A frog or toad; Pertaining to a frog or toad
  7. (BATRACHIANS) A class of animals allied to the Reptiles, but undergoing a peculiar metamorphosis, in which the young animal is generally aquatic and breathes by gills. (Examples, Frogs, Toads, and Newts.)
  8. adj.   Of or relating to vertebrate amphibians without tails, such as frogs and toads.   n.   A vertebrate amphibian.