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Batrachian Adj Pertaining Frogs Toads Traditionally Snakes Doesn't....His

Word batrachian
Definition adj. Pertaining to frogs and toads.
Sentence Traditionally he ought to see snakes, but he doesn't....His – er – visions are batrachian.
Source
Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad, p. 55

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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