batrachian

plural batrachians

1. rareAny frog (narrow sense) or toad.

   The warmth of his defence of the toad led me to suspect uneasily that a close search of his quarters would pretty certainly reveal a comfortable vivarium somewhere, bursting with the little batrachians.

   1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Penguin, published 2001, page 421

   Synonyms: anuran, frog

comparative more batrachian · superlative most batrachian

1. Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.

   Near-synonyms: froggish, froggy, froglike, frogly, ranid, ranine, toadish, toadlike, toadly, toady

   4 more examples

   Anon the minnow-bucket will emit '"batrachian"' sobs.

   1905, Eugene Field, Songs And Other Verses

   At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.

   1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 31

   His batrachian lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey.

   1965, John Fowles, The Magus

   2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look" I dig her batrachian lips / Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

   Synonyms: froggish, froggy, froglike, frogly, ranid, ranine, toadish, toadlike