Batrachia
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batrachia
(bəˈtreɪkɪə)pl n
amphibians, including frogs and toads, which have gills and a tail in their larval state, which are discarded later in life
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| Noun | 1. |  Batrachia - frogs, toads, tree toads animal order - the order of animals amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians family Ranidae, Ranidae - a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs family Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylidae - New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae family Polypedatidae, Polypedatidae - Old World tree frogs Ascaphidae, family Ascaphidae - family of one species of frog: tailed frog family Leiopelmatidae, family Liopelmidae, Leiopelmatidae, Liopelmidae - primitive New Zealand frogs Bufonidae, family Bufonidae - true toads Discoglossidae, family Discoglossidae - family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toads family Hylidae, Hylidae - the amphibian family of tree frogs Brevicipitidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Microhylidae, Microhylidae - narrow-mouthed toads and sheep frogs; some burrow and some are arboreal; found worldwide family Pipidae, Pipidae - tongueless frogs |
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