An alternative or archaic name for the order of amphibians that includes frogs, toads, and related creatures.
From Greek 'batrachos' (frog). This term represents an older scientific classification for the entire group of true frogs and their relatives.
Scientists eventually dropped 'Batrachia' as a formal name, but it survives in modern words like 'batrachian' and 'batrachiate'—it's like how 'dinosaur' literally means 'terrible lizard' but scientists now use more precise names.
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