anuran
A frog (Anura)
Meanings
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Adjective
- Of or relating to the order Anura.
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Origin
- From New Latin Anoura, Anura, or from French Anoures ("name of a family of amphibians") (from Latin an-, from Ancient Greek ἀν-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- ("prefix meaning ‘not’") + Ancient Greek οὐρά ("tail"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos ("backside, buttocks")) -n (from Latin -ānus ("suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’"), from -nus, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós ("suffix creating adjective nouns from verbs")).
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