English

Noun

batrachian ‎(plural batrachians)

1. A frog or toad.
   • 1976, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Something Nasty in the Woodshed, Penguin, published 2001, page 421:

     The warmth of his defence of the toad led me to suspect uneasily that a close search of his quarters would pretty certainly reveal a comfortable vivarium somewhere, bursting with the little batrachians.

Adjective

batrachian ‎(comparative more batrachian, superlative most batrachian)

1. Pertaining to a frog or toad.
   • 1939, Henry Miller, Tropic Of Capricorn:

     At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.

   • 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:

     His batrachian lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey.

   • 2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look"

     I dig her batrachian lips / Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

Synonyms

• anuran