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Webster 1913 Edition


Batrachophagous

Batˊra-choph′a-gous

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Adj.
[Gr.
βάτραχοσ
frog +
φαγεῖν
to eat.]
Feeding on frogs.
Quart. Rev.

Definition 2024


batrachophagous

batrachophagous

English

Adjective

batrachophagous (not comparable)

  1. Feeding on frogs.
    • 1825, The Quarterly Review (London)
      [] the frogs had their full share in the general calamity. The convention of Cintra delivered the remnant of the race from their batrachophagous oppressors []