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tongueless frog

/ˌtʌŋləs frɔg/
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Definitions of tongueless frog
  1. noun
    almost completely aquatic frog native to Africa and Panama and northern South America
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    types:
    Pipa americana, Pipa pipa, Surinam toad
    a South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back
    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
    type of:
    anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog
    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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