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Definition of Barking frog
1. Noun. Of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark.
Exact synonyms: Hylactophryne Augusti, Robber Frog
Generic synonyms: Anuran, Batrachian, Frog, Salientian, Toad, Toad Frog
Group relationships: Genus Hylactophryne, Hylactophryne
Generic synonyms: Anuran, Batrachian, Frog, Salientian, Toad, Toad Frog
Group relationships: Genus Hylactophryne, Hylactophryne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barking Frog
Literary usage of Barking frog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lancashire Characters and Places by Thomas Newbigging (1891)
"There is the "whistling frog," the "barking frog," the "howling frog," the "whirring
frog," and, most singular of all, the "talking frog. ..."
2. Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its by Powys-land Club (1898)
"This farmer also said that the well could be easily repaired, and done up, as it
formerly was, with a stone wall around it. A barking frog. ..."
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