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Definition of Anuran
1. Noun. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian
Specialized synonyms: Ranid, True Frog, Leptodactylid, Leptodactylid Frog, Robber Frog, Barking Frog, Hylactophryne Augusti, Robber Frog, Crapaud, Leptodactylus Pentadactylus, South American Bullfrog, Tree Frog, Tree-frog, Ascaphus Trui, Bell Toad, Ribbed Toad, Tailed Frog, Tailed Toad, Liopelma Hamiltoni, True Toad, Alytes Obstetricans, Midwife Toad, Obstetrical Toad, Alytes Cisternasi, Midwife Toad, Bombina Bombina, Fire-bellied Toad, Spadefoot, Spadefoot Toad, Tree Frog, Tree Toad, Tree-frog, Gastrophryne Olivacea, Western Narrow-mouthed Toad, Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad, Gastrophryne Carolinensis, Sheep Frog, Tongueless Frog, South American Poison Toad
Derivative terms: Batrachian, Frog
2. Adjective. Relating to frogs and toads.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Partainyms: Anura, Batrachia, Salientia
Derivative terms: Batrachian, Salientia
Definition of Anuran
1. Noun. Any animal of the order ''Anura''. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the order ''Anura''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anuran
1. a frog or toad [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anuran
Literary usage of Anuran
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"... AN anuran AMPHIBIAN. THE FROG The Anura are the tailless Amphibia and include
the frogs and toads. The 'following descriptions will enable the student ..."
2. The Journal of General Physiology by Society of General Physiologists, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"(2) anuran larvae from which the thyroid gland had been removed at its ...
(5) anuran metamorphosis depends upon the amount of iodine secured by the larvae; ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Its horny jaw-sheaths might be compared to those of the anuran tadpole, and it
might be regarded as showing the way by which the anuran became ..."
4. North American Anura: Life-histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York by Albert Hazen Wright (1914)
"Usually, with most of the anuran species, mated pairs captured in the field ...
We have no records of abnormal embraces with other than anuran forms, ..."
5. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"In the larvae of other Amphibia which lose the gills, they are more or less lobed,
or dendriform, as a rule. In the anuran ..."
6. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"We saw them primarily in the vicinity of major anuran choruses, and most often
during the brief temporary pond anuran breeding season. ..."
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