noun
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
• Syn: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian
• Derivationally related forms: ↑batrachian (for: ↑batrachian), ↑anuran (for: ↑anuran), ↑frog (for: ↑frog)
• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian
• Hyponyms:
↑true frog, ↑ranid, ↑leptodactylid frog, ↑leptodactylid, ↑robber frog, ↑barking frog, ↑Hylactophryne augusti, ↑crapaud, ↑South American bullfrog, ↑Leptodactylus pentadactylus, ↑tree frog, ↑tree-frog, ↑tailed frog, ↑bell toad, ↑ribbed toad, ↑tailed toad, ↑Ascaphus trui, ↑Liopelma hamiltoni, ↑true toad, ↑obstetrical toad, ↑midwife toad, ↑Alytes obstetricans, ↑Alytes cisternasi, ↑fire-bellied toad, ↑Bombina bombina, ↑spadefoot, ↑spadefoot toad, ↑tree toad, ↑western narrow-mouthed toad, ↑Gastrophryne olivacea, ↑eastern narrow-mouthed toad, ↑Gastrophryne carolinensis, ↑sheep frog, ↑tongueless frog, ↑South American poison toad
Useful english dictionary. 2012.