Definition of Acris

1. Noun. Cricket frogs.

Exact synonyms: Genus Acris
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Hylidae, Hylidae
Member holonyms: Cricket Frog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acris

Acores
Acorus
Acorus calamus
Acosta's disease
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Acragas
Acrasiomycetes
Acre
Acre antshrike
Acre antshrikes
Acrel's ganglion
Acrididae
Acridotheres
Acridotheres tristis
Acrilan
Acris (current term)
Acris crepitans
Acris gryllus
Acrobates
Acrocarpus
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Acrocephalus
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Acroceraunian
Acroclinium
Acroclinium roseum
Acrocomia
Acrocomia aculeata
Acrocomia vinifera
Acropolis

Literary usage of Acris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis: A Survey of the Estates of the Prior and by Durham Cathedral, William Greenwell (1872)
"Johannes Symson de Novo Castro pro xij acris terras et iij rodis prati in ... pro vij acris terrae et dimidia acra prati in Billingham. ..."

2. Cartularium Prioratus de Gyseburne, Ebor. Dioeceseos, Ordinis S. Augustini by Guisborough priory, William Brown (1894)
"Hugo filius Willelmi, vs vjd, pro (blank) et ix acris ... Adam filius Agnetis, xjs vjd, pro (blank) et xxiiij acris ..."

3. The Tropenell Cartulary: Being the Contents of an Old Wiltshire Muniment Chest by Thomas Tropenell, John Silvester Davies (1908)
"... et de duabus acris terre in ... de et in duabus acris terre, cum 1 MS. aliis. ' MS. jacent. « MS. que. ..."

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