Definition of True frog

1. Noun. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.


Definition of True frog

1. Noun. A large group of frogs found worldwide in the ''Ranidae'' family, typically smooth and moist-skinned, with large, powerful legs and extensively webbed feet. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of True Frog

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true bug
true bugs
true cat
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true cementoma
true cholinesterase
true colours
true density
true diverticulum
true dwarf
true dwarfism
true fir
true flycatcher
true frog
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true fungus
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true guava
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Literary usage of True frog

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

1. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw ...by Charles John Cornish by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... or Candle-flics; true frog-hoppers; destructive insects, such as the Aphides, Plant-lice, or Smother- flies; American Blight; Scale-insects; True Lice. ..."

2. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"In time, however, it undergoes the usual changes, and becomes a true frog. It inhabits Surinam. In a species of toad, also found in Surinam, ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"... the name was so spelled in the 'Iconographie Cyclopedia' (II, 207, 208, 1851). He later (1854) based a generic name for a true frog ..."

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