batrachoid

batrachoid adjective: frog-like; batrachian.

Adjective

batrachoid (comparative more batrachoid, superlative most batrachoid)

(dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
- It applies, indeed, solely in its present state to the capillaries of the saurial and batrachoid reptiles; but there is every reason to believe, that the same arrangement takes place in the mammated class of animals.1832, Marshall Hall, Art. II: A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of Blood: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 167
- An idea, not undeserving attention, has been announced on this subject by M. Reynaud, who, observing that a similar anatomical arrangement is found in the batrachoid amphibia, or frog family during the whole period of existence, infers, though not very confidently, that it may be applied to explain...1841, David Craigie, Art. XII: Instance of Obliteration of the Aorta beyond the Arch: The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 461
Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
- There is no doubt but that the Batrachoid fishes deserve at least the rank given them by Dr. Gill, coördinate with the Trachinoidea, the Gobiodea, or the Blennioidea (as arranged by Gill , for I do not accept Mr. Regan's inclusion of the Ophidioidea and Zoarceoidea in that group).1923, Edwin Chapin Starks, The Osteology and Relationships of the Uranoscopoid Fishes, Stanford University Press, page 267

batrachoid (plural batrachoids)

Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
- Regardless of the type of water in which they are found, batrachoids are primarily bottom fishes.1970, Bruce W. Halstead, Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World, Volume 3: Vertebrates, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 435
- Somatically batrachoids are in fact highly modified if basal euteleosts.1991, Barrie G. M. Jamieson, L. K.-P. Leung, Fish Evolution and Systematics, Cambridge University Press, page 163

Batrachoides + -oid (with haplology). Compare batrachian.

What does batrachoid mean?: Batrachoid means frog-like; batrachian.
What part of speech is batrachoid?: Batrachoid can be an adjective or a noun.

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