(n) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species, Syn.toad frog, batrachian, anuran, salientian, toad
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. batra`cheios belonging to a frog, fr. ba`trachos frog. ] (Zool.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Batrachia + -oid. ] (Zool.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]
[がまあんこう;ガマアンコウ, gamaankou ; gamaankou] (n) (uk) toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis) [Add to Longdo]
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