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GENUS LEPTODACTYLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leptodactylus mean? 

GENUS LEPTODACTYLUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS LEPTODACTYLUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS LEPTODACTYLUS used as a noun is very rare.


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GENUS LEPTODACTYLUS (noun)


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Meaning:

Type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leptodactylus; Leptodactylus

Hypernyms ("genus Leptodactylus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leptodactylus"):

crapaud; Leptodactylus pentadactylus; South American bullfrog (large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog)

Holonyms ("genus Leptodactylus" is a member of...):

family Leptodactylidae; Leptodactylidae (New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae)


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