anuran

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

   “Inactivity may dominate an anuran’s life. Spea hammondii in the deserts of southwestern North America spend >90% of their life inactive; they appear explosively and breed with the first heavy summer rains, then feed for 2–3 weeks before becoming inactive for another year.”

2. sıfat Of or relating to the order Anura.

   “As a further illustration, we may take the results of experiments in which a Urodele organiser (from Triton alpestris) is grafted into an Anuran embryo (Bufo vulgaris).”