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FAMILY DISCOGLOSSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Discoglossidae mean? 

FAMILY DISCOGLOSSIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY DISCOGLOSSIDAE has 1 sense:

1. family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongueplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY DISCOGLOSSIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY DISCOGLOSSIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae

Hypernyms ("family Discoglossidae" is a kind of...):

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "family Discoglossidae"):

Alytes; genus Alytes (midwife toads)

Bombina; genus Bombina (fire-bellied toads)

Holonyms ("family Discoglossidae" is a member of...):

Anura; Batrachia; order Anura; order Batrachia; order Salientia; Salientia (frogs, toads, tree toads)


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