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Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.
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The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
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Feeding on frogs.
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The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.
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Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus.
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A genus of anurous batrachians, including the common frogs.
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One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidae); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
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Any marine fish of the genus Batrachus, having a large, thick head and a wide mouth, and bearing some resemblance to a toad. The American species (Batrachus tau) is very common in shallow water. Called also oyster fish, and sapo.
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A large toadfish of the Southern United States and the Gulf of Mexico (Batrachus tau, var. pardus).
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The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
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Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
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One of the lateral elements in the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
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The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.
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Pertaining to the Batrachia.
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One of the Batrachia.
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Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.
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