frogspawnn.

Brit.

/ˈfrɒɡspɔːn/, U.S.

/ˈfrɔɡˌspɔn/,

/ˈfrɑɡˌspɑn/

Forms:

α. 1600s froggs spawn, 1600s–1700s frogs-spawn, 1700s– frog's spawn.

β. 1600s frogspawne, 1900s– frogspawn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: frog n.¹, spawn n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive (or genitive plural) of frog n.¹ + spawn n. In β. forms either < frog n.¹ + spawn n., or variants of α. forms with assimilation and loss of the final consonant of the first element.

1. The spawn or eggs of a frog or frogs, typically forming gelatinous masses in fresh water in which each ovum is surrounded by transparent jelly. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > spawn

frogspawn1621

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iii. ii. ii. 258 He had..swallowed frogs-spawn.

1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 317 Observations about the generation of Frogs, made by putting up Frog spawn in a glass, and shifting the water every day.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 228 Frog's Spawn.

1734 P. Shaw Chem. Lect. 431 The mucilaginous matter of Snails, Frog-Spawn, Fish, and other Animals in Embrio.

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 11 Carp..will devour small eels, frog-spawn, and the roe or the young of fishes.

1864 Realm 15 June 546 Cities to which Genoa is a cob~web on a wall and Venice mere frog-spawn in a puddle.

1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes vi. 60 Frog-spawn..and snail-spawn are both nourishing food for fish.

1968 M. Young in Landfall Sept. 279 Other people, whose words Explode inside your head like frogspawn.

2002 Eng. Nature Mag. Mar. 16/2 In a typical clump of frogspawn, there may be up to 2,000 embryos.

2. A substance or thing that resembles the spawn of frogs in being gelatinous or slimy.

a. Any of various freshwater algae which form green and slimy masses floating on the surface of ponds and ditches, esp. those of the genus Enteromorpha (formerly Conferva; family Ulvaceae). Cf. frog-spit n. (b) at frog n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2a.

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the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > floating on surface of water

frogspawn1741

pond scum1864

frog-spit1892

1741 J. J. Dillenius Hist. Muscorum 38 The tender pale green Frog-Spawn Conferva.

1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 986 [Conferva gelatinosa] Frog-Spawn Conferva. Anglis... The whole plant consists of a quaking gelatinous substance, slipping through the fingers like Frog-spawn.

1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 299/1 Slime and frog-spawn are the chief products of these holes.

1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 5 106 Spirogyra and allied confervaceae, frog-spit..frog-spawn.

1920 40th Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Dept. Public Health II. ii. 195 The chara and frog spawn found in the reservoir were objectionable on account of the odors and organic matter derived from them.

1999 R. E. Lee Phycology (ed. 3) iv. 149 Batrachospermum (often called the ‘frog spawn’ alga) is a freshwater alga that occurs in well-aerated, slow-moving streams.

b. In sugar refining: the Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides, which can convert a solution of sucrose into a jelly consisting of dextran (also frogspawn bacterium, frogspawn fungus); (also) the jelly produced by this.

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the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of

vibrio1850

micrococcus1870

microzyme1870

Spirillum1875

mycothrix1876

leptothrix1877

Spirochaete1877

streptococcus1877

Actinomyces1879

frogspawn1880

schizophyte1880

schizomycetes1881

gonococcus1882

saprophile1882

vibrion1882

coccus1883

diplococcus1883

streptobacteria1883

Clostridium1884

actinomycetes1885

pneumococcus1885

macrococcus1887

staphylococcus1887

iron bacterium1888

Proteus1888

ferrobacterium1890

meningococcus1890

rhizobium1890

sulphobacteria1890

nitrobacterium1891

Streptothrix1891

sulphur bacterium1891

myxobacter1892

Myxococcus1892

tetracoccus1893

coli1894

Pasteurella1895

pyrotoxin1895

Gaertner1897

purple bacterium1897

myxobacterium1898

pseudomonas1899

thiobacteria1900

treponema1908

corynebacterium1909

mycobacterium1909

Salmonella1913

Neisseria1915

botulinum1916

rickettsia1916

leptospira1918

acetobacter1920

Brucella1920

pseudomonad1921

strep1927

enterobacterium1929

opportunist1937

eubacterium1939

agrobacterium1942

persister1944

Moraxella1948

enteric1956

streptomycete1956

leptospire1957

transformant1957

lysogen1958

listeria1961

C. difficile1962

yersinia1967

Campylobacter1971

cyanobacterium1973

coryneform1976

eubacterium1977

legionella1979

acetogen1982

C. diff.1990

acidophilous1996

1880 Science 3 July 12/1 The bodies known as ‘frog-spawn’, which make their appearance after a time in the sap of the beet root, prove, on microscopic examination, to be a species of bacterium.

1906 Lancet 24 Nov. 1415/2 The enormous capsule which it develops when growing in suitable dextrin-containing media justifies the name ‘frog-spawn fungus’ by which it is sometimes known.

1986 M. Kogut tr. H. G. Schlegel Gen. Microbiol. ii. 54 Leuconostoc mesenteroides [is] a heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium known in sugar-refining plants as ‘frogspawn bacterium’.

c. British colloquial (chiefly School slang). Tapioca or sago pudding.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sago or tapioca

sago-pudding1743

sago1769

sago milk1827

tapioca1837

semolina pudding1904

snake eyes1918

frogspawn1949

1949 F. S. Chapman Jungle is Neutral vi. 100 The word [sc. tapioca] inevitably conjures up a picture of the milk pudding which we used to call frog-spawn at school.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 163 Tapioca or sago is.., very commonly, ‘frog spawn’.

1963 New Society 22 Aug. 5/1 The well-known fly cemetery and frogspawn are still o.k.—descriptions of currant puddings and tapioca.

1976 Times 27 July 3/2 The most disliked puddings were exactly the same as those of a generation ago: semolina, sago (frog's spawn).

2005 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 9 Sept. 13 What happened to that mainstay dessert of yesterday's school dinner, tapioca pudding—or frogspawn as our class of 1942 called it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	frogspawn
释义	frogspawnn. Brit. /ˈfrɒɡspɔːn/, U.S. /ˈfrɔɡˌspɔn/, /ˈfrɑɡˌspɑn/ Forms: α. 1600s froggs spawn, 1600s–1700s frogs-spawn, 1700s– frog's spawn. β. 1600s frogspawne, 1900s– frogspawn. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: frog n.¹, spawn n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive (or genitive plural) of frog n.¹ + spawn n. In β. forms either < frog n.¹ + spawn n., or variants of α. forms with assimilation and loss of the final consonant of the first element. 1. The spawn or eggs of a frog or frogs, typically forming gelatinous masses in fresh water in which each ovum is surrounded by transparent jelly. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > spawn frogspawn1621 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iii. ii. ii. 258 He had..swallowed frogs-spawn. 1675 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 10 317 Observations about the generation of Frogs, made by putting up Frog spawn in a glass, and shifting the water every day. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 228 Frog's Spawn. 1734 P. Shaw Chem. Lect. 431 The mucilaginous matter of Snails, Frog-Spawn, Fish, and other Animals in Embrio. 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 11 Carp..will devour small eels, frog-spawn, and the roe or the young of fishes. 1864 Realm 15 June 546 Cities to which Genoa is a cob~web on a wall and Venice mere frog-spawn in a puddle. 1952 G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes vi. 60 Frog-spawn..and snail-spawn are both nourishing food for fish. 1968 M. Young in Landfall Sept. 279 Other people, whose words Explode inside your head like frogspawn. 2002 Eng. Nature Mag. Mar. 16/2 In a typical clump of frogspawn, there may be up to 2,000 embryos. 2. A substance or thing that resembles the spawn of frogs in being gelatinous or slimy. a. Any of various freshwater algae which form green and slimy masses floating on the surface of ponds and ditches, esp. those of the genus Enteromorpha (formerly Conferva; family Ulvaceae). Cf. frog-spit n. (b) at frog n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > floating on surface of water frogspawn1741 pond scum1864 frog-spit1892 1741 J. J. Dillenius Hist. Muscorum 38 The tender pale green Frog-Spawn Conferva. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica II. 986 [Conferva gelatinosa] Frog-Spawn Conferva. Anglis... The whole plant consists of a quaking gelatinous substance, slipping through the fingers like Frog-spawn. 1884 Public Opinion 5 Sept. 299/1 Slime and frog-spawn are the chief products of these holes. 1892 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 5 106 Spirogyra and allied confervaceae, frog-spit..frog-spawn. 1920 40th Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Dept. Public Health II. ii. 195 The chara and frog spawn found in the reservoir were objectionable on account of the odors and organic matter derived from them. 1999 R. E. Lee Phycology (ed. 3) iv. 149 Batrachospermum (often called the ‘frog spawn’ alga) is a freshwater alga that occurs in well-aerated, slow-moving streams. b. In sugar refining: the Gram-positive lactic acid bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides, which can convert a solution of sucrose into a jelly consisting of dextran (also frogspawn bacterium, frogspawn fungus); (also) the jelly produced by this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > micro-organism > bacterium > [noun] > types of vibrio1850 micrococcus1870 microzyme1870 Spirillum1875 mycothrix1876 leptothrix1877 Spirochaete1877 streptococcus1877 Actinomyces1879 frogspawn1880 schizophyte1880 schizomycetes1881 gonococcus1882 saprophile1882 vibrion1882 coccus1883 diplococcus1883 streptobacteria1883 Clostridium1884 actinomycetes1885 pneumococcus1885 macrococcus1887 staphylococcus1887 iron bacterium1888 Proteus1888 ferrobacterium1890 meningococcus1890 rhizobium1890 sulphobacteria1890 nitrobacterium1891 Streptothrix1891 sulphur bacterium1891 myxobacter1892 Myxococcus1892 tetracoccus1893 coli1894 Pasteurella1895 pyrotoxin1895 Gaertner1897 purple bacterium1897 myxobacterium1898 pseudomonas1899 thiobacteria1900 treponema1908 corynebacterium1909 mycobacterium1909 Salmonella1913 Neisseria1915 botulinum1916 rickettsia1916 leptospira1918 acetobacter1920 Brucella1920 pseudomonad1921 strep1927 enterobacterium1929 opportunist1937 eubacterium1939 agrobacterium1942 persister1944 Moraxella1948 enteric1956 streptomycete1956 leptospire1957 transformant1957 lysogen1958 listeria1961 C. difficile1962 yersinia1967 Campylobacter1971 cyanobacterium1973 coryneform1976 eubacterium1977 legionella1979 acetogen1982 C. diff.1990 acidophilous1996 1880 Science 3 July 12/1 The bodies known as ‘frog-spawn’, which make their appearance after a time in the sap of the beet root, prove, on microscopic examination, to be a species of bacterium. 1906 Lancet 24 Nov. 1415/2 The enormous capsule which it develops when growing in suitable dextrin-containing media justifies the name ‘frog-spawn fungus’ by which it is sometimes known. 1986 M. Kogut tr. H. G. Schlegel Gen. Microbiol. ii. 54 Leuconostoc mesenteroides [is] a heterofermentative lactic acid bacterium known in sugar-refining plants as ‘frogspawn bacterium’. c. British colloquial (chiefly School slang). Tapioca or sago pudding. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > sago or tapioca sago-pudding1743 sago1769 sago milk1827 tapioca1837 semolina pudding1904 snake eyes1918 frogspawn1949 1949 F. S. Chapman Jungle is Neutral vi. 100 The word [sc. tapioca] inevitably conjures up a picture of the milk pudding which we used to call frog-spawn at school. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 163 Tapioca or sago is.., very commonly, ‘frog spawn’. 1963 New Society 22 Aug. 5/1 The well-known fly cemetery and frogspawn are still o.k.—descriptions of currant puddings and tapioca. 1976 Times 27 July 3/2 The most disliked puddings were exactly the same as those of a generation ago: semolina, sago (frog's spawn). 2005 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 9 Sept. 13 What happened to that mainstay dessert of yesterday's school dinner, tapioca pudding—or frogspawn as our class of 1942 called it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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