Anura \A*nu"ra\ ([.a]*n[=u]"r[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + o'yra` a tail.]

(Zo["o]l.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)