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ranid, n. and a.|ˈreɪnɪd|
[ad. mod.L. family name Ranidæ, f. L. rāna frog + -id3.]
A. n. A frog of the family Ranidæ, which includes typical amphibious frogs.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a frog of this family.
1888Proc. Zool. Soc. 509 Our attention was early arrested by the general similarity between the proximal syndesmoses in the Hylids and Ranids and the knee-joint in the higher Vertebrata. 1901Ibid. I. 58 (heading) On abnormal ranid larvae from North-Eastern India. 1946Nature 23 Nov. 749/2 In L[eptodactylus] pentadactylus..both the uteri and the Wolffian ducts run separately throughout their course as in ranid frogs. 1957P. J. Darlington Zoogeogr. iii. 170 Ranids have evolved in the main part of the Old World tropics. 1974H. R. Heusser in B. Grzimek Animal Life Encycl. V. vi. 397 In true frogs or ranids..the presacral vertebrae are typically amphicoelous. |