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Definition of Ranid
1. Noun. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
Generic synonyms: Anuran, Batrachian, Frog, Salientian, Toad, Toad Frog
Group relationships: Family Ranidae, Ranidae
Specialized synonyms: Rana Sylvatica, Wood Frog, Wood-frog, Leopard Frog, Rana Pipiens, Spring Frog, Bullfrog, Rana Catesbeiana, Green Frog, Rana Clamitans, Spring Frog, Cascades Frog, Rana Cascadae, Goliath Frog, Rana Goliath, Pickerel Frog, Rana Palustris, Rana Tarahumarae, Tarahumara Frog, Grass Frog, Rana Temporaria
Terms within: Frog Legs
Definition of Ranid
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to the true frogs. ¹
2. Noun. a true frog of the order ''Ranidae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ranid
1. any of a large family of frogs [n -S]
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Literary usage of Ranid
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1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Other native ranid frogs, in California, may be strongly affected by tadpole
competition from introduced bullfrogs (S. Kupferberg, personal communication), ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... about ranid, ... Sirsa, and ranid, and became master of almost the whole
country now included in ..."
3. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter (1857)
"The order may be divided into three families: I. ranid E, or Frogs. II. ...
The ranid-E, or Frogs, have the hind legs much longer than the anterior pair, ..."
4. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1866)
"The order may be divided into three families : I. ranid^:, or Frogs. II. ...
The ranid^E, or Frogs, have the hind legs much longer than the anterior pair, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As a consequence of the ranid development of comparative embryology during the
middle and latter part of the 19th century, together with the newly awakened ..."
6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
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