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WOOD-FROG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wood-frog mean?
• WOOD-FROG (noun)
The noun WOOD-FROG has 1 sense:
1. wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
Familiarity information: WOOD-FROG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Rana sylvatica; wood-frog; wood frog
Hypernyms ("wood-frog" is a kind of...):
ranid; true frog (insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs)
Holonyms ("wood-frog" is a member of...):
genus Rana; Rana (type genus of the Ranidae)
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