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Ranidae

noun

a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs

• Syn: ↑family Ranidae

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Salientia, ↑order Salientia, ↑Anura, ↑order Anura, ↑Batrachia, ↑order Batrachia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Rana, ↑genus Rana, ↑true frog, ↑ranid

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\\ˈranəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Rana, type genus + -idae

: a large family of frogs (suborder Diplasiocoela) distinguished by slightly dilated transverse sacral processes and comprising the typical frogs — see rana

Useful english dictionary. 2012.