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horny frog — noun insectivorous lizard with hornlike spines on the head and spiny scales on the body; of western North America • Syn: ↑horned lizard, ↑horned toad • Hypernyms: ↑iguanid, ↑iguanid lizard • Hyponyms: ↑Texas horned lizard, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
frog — Ⅰ. frog [1] ► NOUN 1) a tailless amphibian with a short squat body and very long hind legs for leaping. 2) (Frog) informal, derogatory a French person. ● have a frog in one s throat Cf. ↑have a frog in one s throat … English terms dictionary
frog — [frôg, fräg] n. [ME frogge < OE frogga, akin to Ger frosch, ON froskr < IE base * preu , to jump > Sans právatē, (he) hops] 1. a) any of various families of tailless, leaping anuran amphibians with long, powerful hind legs, short… … English World dictionary
Frog — For other uses, see Frog (disambiguation). Frogs Temporal range: Triassic–present … Wikipedia
frog — An amphibian in the order Anura, which includes the toads; the commonest f. genera are Rana (grass frogs) and Hyla (tree frogs). [A.S. frogge] * * * French Rotablator Group [study] * * * frog frȯg, fräg n 1) any of various smooth skinned web… … Medical dictionary
frog — frog1 froglike, adj. /frog, frawg/, n., v., frogged, frogging, adj. n. 1. any tailless, stout bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier… … Universalium
frog — I [[t]frɒg, frɔg[/t]] n. v. frogged, frog•ging, adj. 1) ram any tailless stout bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty drier skinned toad… … From formal English to slang
frog — 1. n. 1 any of various small amphibians of the order Anura, having a tailless smooth skinned body with legs developed for jumping. 2 (Frog) Brit. sl. offens. a Frenchman. 3 a hollow in the top face of a brick for holding the mortar. 4 the nut of… … Useful english dictionary
frog — I. /frɒg / (say frog) noun 1. any of various tailless amphibians, order Salientia, especially of the web footed aquatic species, typically having a smooth skin and long hind legs adapted for leaping. 2. any of various frog like amphibians. 3.… …
frog — [OE] Frog comes from Old English frogga, which probably started life as a playful alternative to the more serious frosc or forsc. This derived from the pre historic Germanic *fruskaz, which also produced German frosch and Dutch vorsch. Its use as … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
