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Definition of Batrachians
1. batrachian [n] - See also: batrachian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batrachians
Literary usage of Batrachians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"D, batrachians and reptiles; left- hand line batrachians; right, dinosaurs;
middle, all other reptiles. E, birds, single line. F, mammals ; left-hand line, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The chief character which distinguishes the batrachians from the reptiles, leaving
aside the metamorphoses, lies in the arrangement of the bones of the ..."
3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"batrachians comprise three orders, ... or Tailless batrachians, Urodela or Tailed
batrachians, and Apoda or Cas- ..."
4. Elementary Zoology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1901)
"Although differing plainly from fishes in appearance and habits, the batrachians
are really closely related to them, resembling them in all but a few ..."
5. Report (1904)
"NOTES ON THE REPTILES AND batrachians OF EATON COUNTY. ... the aid of others in
collecting, as many kinds of reptiles and batrachians as could be found. ..."
6. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"The batrachians undergo a more or less complete metamorphosis; ... Professor Cope
recognizes nine orders of batrachians, four of these being extinct, ..."
7. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"Distribution of fresh-water productions—On the inhabitants of oceanic islands—Absence
of batrachians and of terrestrial Mammals—On the relation of the ..."
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