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Definition of Frogmouth
1. Noun. Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth.
Definition of Frogmouth
1. n. One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargidæ); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
Definition of Frogmouth
1. Noun. Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family ''Podargidae'', native to Australia and southern Asia ¹
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Literary usage of Frogmouth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"The Ceylonese frogmouth. Podargus javanicus, apnd Blyth, ... frogmouth, Jerdon.
Coloration. Male. General tint mottled grey, with a more or less rufous ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... with a central octagonal lantern, where lie the remains of the Prince Consort
and Queen Victoria. frogmouth, one of a group of birds, the subfamily ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"frogmouth. One of a group of large birds of the East Indian and Australian region,
constituting a subfamily, ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... Colonists of Van Diemen's Land." The New Zealand More- fork is assuredly an owl.
The Podargus has received the name of frogmouth and the ..."
5. Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea by Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Alfred Cort Haddon, Sidney Herbert Ray (1912)
"... note of the frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) was heard on every side. Sometimes,
even when there was no wind stirring, you would hear at night a noise ..."
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