Meanings
plural palaeobatrachids
- Any extinct frog of the family †Palaeobatrachidae
In habits and body shape, the palaeobatrachids resembled the grotesque clawed frogs of Africa and the Surinam toads of South America, and like them seem to have lived their entire lives underwater […].
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 42
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