(n)any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species, Syn.toad frog, batrachian, anuran, salientian, toad
‖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. [ 1913 Webster ]