batrachian

1. 1.

   relating to frogs and toads

   Synonymsanuransalientian

   zoology

Other forms of batrachian

plural

batrachians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about batrachian

What does batrachian mean?

batrachian means "any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in batrachian?

batrachian has 4 syllables: ba-tra-chi-an. The stress falls on "chi".

What is another word for batrachian?

Close synonyms include frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, salientian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is batrachian a common word?

batrachian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.