Dictionary entry

Anura

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖A‐nu″ra (ȧ‐nū″rȧ), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. αν̓ priv. + ουρἄ a tail.] (Zoöl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]