batrachomorph

English

Etymology

Clipping of translingual Batrachomorpha

Noun

batrachomorph (plural batrachomorphs)

1. (zoology) Any animal of the clade Batrachomorpha.
   • 2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:

     Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

Hypernyms

• tetrapod

Hyponyms

• amphibian