frog
frogs; frogged; frogging
A frog is a small amphibian with long back legs that allow it to hop. Most frogs have fat little bodies and bulging eyes on top of their heads.
You'll often find frogs near fresh water lakes and ponds, since they lay their eggs in the water. Perhaps the most famous literary frog is the one from the German fairy tale "The Frog Prince," in which a princess's kiss transforms a frog back into the prince he once was. Frog is also a very rude informal term for a person from France.
Definitions of frog
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any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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synonyms:
anuran, batrachian, salientian, toad, toad frog
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types:
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ranid, true frog
insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
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leptodactylid, leptodactylid frog
toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal
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robber frog
small terrestrial frog of tropical America
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Hylactophryne augusti, barking frog, robber frog
of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
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Leptodactylus pentadactylus, South American bullfrog, crapaud
large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
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tree frog, tree-frog
any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
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Ascaphus trui, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed frog, tailed toad
western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ
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Liopelma hamiltoni
primitive New Zealand frog with four unwebbed toes on forefeet and five on hind feet
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true toad
tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin
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Alytes obstetricans, midwife toad, obstetrical toad
European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch
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Alytes cisternasi, midwife toad
similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians
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Bombina bombina, fire-bellied toad
toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
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spadefoot, spadefoot toad
a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
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tree frog, tree toad, tree-frog
arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
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Gastrophryne olivacea, western narrow-mouthed toad
small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
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Gastrophryne carolinensis, eastern narrow-mouthed toad
small toad of southeastern United States
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sheep frog
mostly of Central America
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tongueless frog
almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
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South American poison toad
a South American toad
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Rana sylvatica, wood frog, wood-frog
wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
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Rana pipiens, leopard frog, spring frog
common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
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Rana catesbeiana, bullfrog
largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
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Rana clamitans, green frog, spring frog
similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada
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Rana cascadae, cascades frog
mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California
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Rana goliath, goliath frog
largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa
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Rana palustris, pickerel frog
a meadow frog of eastern North America
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Rana tarahumarae, tarahumara frog
Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water
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Rana temporaria, grass frog
a common semiterrestrial European frog
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bufo
any toad of the genus Bufo
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Bufo marinus, agua, agua toad
largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
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Bufo bufo, European toad
common toad of Europe
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Bufo calamita, natterjack
common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
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American toad, Bufo americanus
common toad of America
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Bufo viridis, Eurasian green toad
Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring
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American green toad, Bufo debilis
small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
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Bufo canorus, Yosemite toad
of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders
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Bufo speciosus, Texas toad
nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
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Bufo microscaphus, southwestern toad
a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States
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Bufo boreas, western toad
of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
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Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot
this spadefoot toad live in California
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Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot
this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States
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Scaphiopus bombifrons, plains spadefoot
this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
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Hyla crucifer, spring peeper
a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
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Hyla regilla, Pacific tree toad
the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America
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Hyla arenicolor, canyon treefrog
a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico
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chameleon tree frog
a form of tree toad
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cricket frog
either of two frogs with a clicking call
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chorus frog
any of several small North American frogs having a loud call
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Pternohyla fodiens, lowland burrowing treefrog, northern casque-headed frog
terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest
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Pipa americana, Pipa pipa, Surinam toad
a South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back
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African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis
a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
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type of:
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amphibian
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
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hunt frogs for food
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a person of French descent
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synonyms:
Gaul
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type of:
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French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman
a person of French nationality
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French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman
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a decorative loop of braid or cord
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type of:
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adornment
a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
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adornment
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