Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the form of a frog; pertaining to the Batrachia.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology frog-like; relating to the Batrachidae, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish, some of which have poisonous dorsal spines

Etymologies

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Batrachia +‎ -oid

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