| 单词 | frog tribe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrog tribe frog tribe n. the group of animals that comprises the frogs.No longer in technical use. ΚΠ 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. iii. i. 330 We know that in all the frog tribe, and many of the lizard kind, they are produced from the egg in an imperfect form. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 486/2 In the Frog-tribe the ova..are shelless [sic], and generally laid in the water. 1880 Lancet 8 May 720/2 An example of a reversion to a lower type—viz., that of the skate or the frog tribe. 1957 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 14 July 4 m/1 The majority of the frog tribe will be found at the margins of ponds and lakes. 2008 San Francisco (Calif.) Chron. (Nexis) 18 Mar. (Metro section) b1 She is breeding 30 minuscule members of the frog tribe called golden mantellas. < as lemmas |
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