discoglossoidadj.n.
/dɪskə(ʊ)ˈɡlɒsɔɪd/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəˈɡlɑsɔɪd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of relatively primitive anuran amphibians (frogs and toads) including the discoglossids, sometimes classified as a superfamily Discoglossoidea.See note at discoglossid adj.
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batrachian1834
acaudate1835
discoglossid1872
anuran1875
discoglossoid1899
batrachiate1902
salientian1948
1899 L. Stejneger in Proc. U.S. National Mus. 21 899 (heading) Description of a new genus and species of discoglossoid toad from North America.
1963 Systematic Zool. 12 21/1 The clavicle is large and the coracoid is very discoglossoid in shape.
1989 Amer. Zoologist 29 79/2 Gross spinal cord morphology similar to that of Xenopus larvae occurs in other anurans, such as discoglossoid larvae.
2007 Jrnl. Herpetol. 41 365/1 Bombina toads..are among the oldest living frog lineages, dating back, together with other discoglossoid frogs, at least to the Jurassic.
B. n.
An amphibian of this group.
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batrachian1838
anuran1842
discoglossid1884
discoglossoid1905
salientian1948
1905 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 37 93 The discoglossoids must also have reached Europe shortly after, as we find them recorded..already in the European Lower Miocene.
1981 Jrnl. Herpetol. 15 285 Hyla (sensu lato) exhibited a range of character-states from united to separated by a groove (not webbing as is common amongst ranoids, pelobatids, and discoglossoids).
2007 Systematic Biol. 56 380/2 The oldest known discoglossoid, Eodiscoglossus oxoniensis, which is Bathonian in age.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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