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Anura Audio
An·u·ra
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Amphibians
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  • (frog) An amphibian in the order Anura, which includes the toads. The commonest frog genera are Rana (grass frogs) and Hyla (tree frogs).
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An order of the class Amphibia, which includes several families of frogs and toads. They are characterized by well developed hind limbs adapted for jumping, fused head and trunk and webbed toes. The term toad is ambiguous and is properly applied only to the family Bufonidae.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • One of the three orders of extant amphibians, comprising the frogs and toads.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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