Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An amphibian of the order Anura; a frog or toad.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the Anura. Also written
anouran .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an amphibian of the order Anura; any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species; a frog or toad.
- noun .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any animal of the order
Anura . - adjective Of or relating to the order
Anura .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
- adjective relating to frogs and toads
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A new sibling species of the anuran subgenus Blommersia from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae: Mantidactylus) and its molecular phylogenetic relationships.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Recently, a new amphibian family was discovered in Kerala in the Western Ghats; the burrowing anuran family, Nasikabatrachidae, with the single species Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis (EN), represents the only endemic amphibian family in the hotspot.
Biological diversity in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka 2008
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Truebella, a clade of peculiar little toads, named in 1995 in honour of anuran expert
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The resulting pattern is similar to the embryonic disk described for one species of anuran.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Andres Collazo 2010
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Relatively poorly known (it seems) is that Livingstone is a genuine amphibian enthusiast who has kept and bred various obscure anuran and caudate species
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Uchiyama M, Konno N (2006) Hormonal regulation of ion and water transport in anuran amphibians.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Angelo Quaranta et al. 2009
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Relatively poorly known (it seems) is that Livingstone is a genuine amphibian enthusiast who has kept and bred various obscure anuran and caudate species
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The bactericidal agent triclosan modulates thyroid hormone-associated gene expression and disrupts postembryonic anuran development.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008
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A new pipoid anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
Irony raises it froggy head: Late-Jurassic frog fossils from Dinosaur National Monument ReBecca Foster 2008
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A new pipoid anuran from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument, Utah.
Archive 2008-02-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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In addition to being by far the oldest known larval anuran (the term for frogs and toads), this tadpole was over six inches long, distinguishing it a gnarly example of “tadpole gigantism.”
Here Come the Giant Crime Sniffing Rats Becky Ferreira 2024
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In addition to being by far the oldest known larval anuran (the term for frogs and toads), this tadpole was over six inches long, distinguishing it a gnarly example of “tadpole gigantism.”
Here Come the Giant Crime Sniffing Rats Becky Ferreira 2024
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