the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One of the Anura. Also written anouran.
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n. any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
adj. 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."