noun.
An amphibian of the order Anura; a frog or toad.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One of the Anura. Also written anouran.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
an amphibian of the order Anura; any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species; a frog or toad.
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noun.
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
adjective.
relating to frogs and toads
Word Usage
"Recently, a new amphibian family was discovered in Kerala in the Western Ghats; the burrowing anuran family, Nasikabatrachidae, with the single species Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (EN), represents the only endemic amphibian family in the hotspot."