a. and sb. [f. prec. + -AN.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Batrachia, esp. frogs and toads.
1834. Sir C. Bell, Hand, 156. In the batrachian orders, the ribs are wanting.
1858. O. W. Holmes, Aut. Breakf.-t., 84. The batrachian hymns from the neighbouring swamp.
B. sb. An animal of the order Batrachia.
1838. Penny Cycl., X. 487/1. Anurous or Tailless Batrachians, having no tails except in their young state.
1848. H. Miller, First Impr., xii. (1857), 190. The footprints of some betailed batrachian.
