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Liopelmidae

noun

primitive New Zealand frogs

• Syn: ↑Leiopelmatidae, ↑family Leiopelmatidae, ↑family Liopelmidae

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑Leiopelma, ↑genus Leiopelma, ↑Liopelma, ↑genus Liopelma

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\\-_məˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Liopelma, type genus (from leio- + Greek pelma sole of the foot) + -idae — more at fell

: a family of primitive frogs with four toes on the forefeet, five on the hind feet, and no webs that includes a genus (Liopelma) with a single New Zealand species (L. hamiltoni) — see ascaphus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.