Definition of Pipa americana

1. Noun. A South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back.

Exact synonyms: Pipa Pipa, Surinam Toad
Generic synonyms: Tongueless Frog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipa Americana

Pinus resinosa
Pinus rigida
Pinus serotina
Pinus strobiformis
Pinus strobus
Pinus sylvestris
Pinus taeda
Pinus thunbergii
Pinus torreyana
Pinus virginiana
Pinxter
Pinyin
Pioneer Day
Pioneer Days
Piophila casei
Pipa americana
Pipa pipa
Pipel
Pipels
Piper
Piper's forceps
Piper betel
Piper cubeba
Piper longum
Piper nigrum
Piperaceae
Piperales
Pipil
Pipile
Pipilo

Literary usage of Pipa americana

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

1. The Nasal Organ in Amphibia by George Marsh Higgins (1921)
"THE NASAL CAPSULES OF THE ANURA pipa americana The Surinam toad, a representative of the ... pipa americana."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"On the Development of pipa americana. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. v, p. 13. ... Observations on the Surinam Toad, pipa americana. Amer. Journ. of Sec. ..."

3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"pipa americana inhabits the northern portion of South America; ... The Surinam toad, pipa americana. (From Mivart.) epidermal pouches thus formed the eggs ..."

4. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"pipa americana. pipa americana, Seba, i. 77.1-4; Laur. Syn.p. 25; Ouv. Regne Anim,; Dum. fy Bibr. viii. p. 773. p1. 92. f. 2; Marian, Ins. Sur. t. 59. ..."

5. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1896)
"I. Tbe Anterior Cranial Nerves of pipa americana, by GA Arnold; pp. 1-»: 1 pi. (From Ban. Essex last, XXV.» The Classification of the Arthropoda, by J 8. ..."

6. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1896)
"The Anterior Cranial Nerves of pipa americana, by GA Arnold; pp. 126-134; Ipl. Henry Wheatland, MD, a Sermon, by Rev. Edmund B. Willson; 17 pp. Vol. ..."

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