anuran

a·nu·ran

A0354500 (ə-no͝or′ən, ə-nyo͝or′-)n. An amphibian of the order Anura; a frog or toad.

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[From New Latin Anūra, order of frogs and toads : a- + Greek ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·nu′ran adj.

anuran

(əˈnjʊərən) n (Animals) any of the vertebrates of the order Anura (or Salientia), characterized by absence of a tail and very long hind legs specialized for hopping: class Amphibia (amphibians). The group includes the frogs and toadsadj (Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the order Anura French name: salientian [C20: from New Latin Anura, from an- + Greek oura tail]

an•u•ran

(əˈnʊər ən, əˈnyʊər-)

n. 1. any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the Anura. [< New Latin Anur(a) (an- an-¹ + Greek ourá tail) + -an¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anuran - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial speciesbatrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frogamphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult formranid, true frog - insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legsleptodactylid, leptodactylid frog - toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arborealrobber frog - small terrestrial frog of tropical Americabarking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, robber frog - of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's barkcrapaud, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog - large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrogtree frog, tree-frog - any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toesAscaphus trui, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad - western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organLiopelma hamiltoni - primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feettrue toad - tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skinAlytes obstetricans, obstetrical toad, midwife toad - European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatchAlytes cisternasi, midwife toad - similar in habit to Alytes obstetriciansBombina bombina, fire-bellied toad - toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its undersidespadefoot, spadefoot toad - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foottree frog, tree toad, tree-frog - arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and AmericaGastrophryne olivacea, western narrow-mouthed toad - small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North Americaeastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis - small toad of southeastern United Statessheep frog - mostly of Central Americatongueless frog - almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South AmericaSouth American poison toad - a South American toad
Adj.	1.	anuran - relating to frogs and toads batrachian, salientianzoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals