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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 spruceplay

  Familiarity information: WOOD-FROG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOD-FROG (noun)


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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