noun
type genus of the Polypedatidae
• Syn: ↑genus Polypedates
• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polypedatidae, ↑family Polypedatidae
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pəˈdād.(ˌ)ēz\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from poly- + Greek pēdētēs leaper, dancer, from pēdan to leap, jump; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot
: a genus (the type of the family Polypedatidae) of Old World tree frogs related to the Ranidae but distinguished by cylindrical transverse sacral processes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.