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Anura

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 Definition: [n]  frogs, toads, tree toads
 
 Synonyms: Batrachia, order Anura, order Batrachia, order Salientia, Salientia
 
 See Also: Amphibia, animal order, Ascaphidae, Brevicipitidae, Bufonidae, class Amphibia, Discoglossidae, family Ascaphidae, family Brevicipitidae, family Bufonidae, family Discoglossidae, family Hylidae, family Leiopelmatidae, family Leptodactylidae, family Liopelmidae, family Microhylidae, family Pelobatidae, family Pipidae, family Polypedatidae, family Ranidae, Hylidae, Leiopelmatidae, Leptodactylidae, Liopelmidae, Microhylidae, Pelobatidae, Pipidae, Polypedatidae, Ranidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*nu"ra\ ([.a]*n[=u]"r[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an
priv. + o'yra` a tail.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence
of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also {anoura}.]

 

 

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