TREE FROG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree frog mean? 

• TREE FROG (noun)
  The noun TREE FROG has 2 senses:

1. arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America

2. any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes

  Familiarity information: TREE FROG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE FROG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tree-frog; tree frog; tree toad

Hypernyms ("tree frog" is a kind of...):

anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree frog"):

Hyla crucifer; spring peeper (a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring)

Hyla regilla; Pacific tree toad (the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America)

canyon treefrog; Hyla arenicolor (a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico)

chameleon tree frog (a form of tree toad)

cricket frog (either of two frogs with a clicking call)

chorus frog (any of several small North American frogs having a loud call)

lowland burrowing treefrog; northern casque-headed frog; Pternohyla fodiens (terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest)

Holonyms ("tree frog" is a member of...):

family Hylidae; Hylidae (the amphibian family of tree frogs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tree-frog; tree frog

Hypernyms ("tree frog" is a kind of...):

anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)

 Context examples 

The commonest frog genera are Rana (grass frogs) and Hyla (tree frogs).

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