Batrachia
n 1: frogs, toads, tree toads [syn: {Salientia}, {order
Salientia}, {Anura}, {order Anura}, {Batrachia}, {order
Batrachia}]
Batrachia \Ba*tra"chi*a\, 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.
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