noun
of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
• Syn: ↑robber frog, ↑Hylactophryne augusti
• Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hylactophryne, ↑genus Hylactophryne
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a robber frog, Hylactophryne augusti, of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico, having a call like a dog's bark.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.