| 单词 | rain frog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrain frog rain frog n. any of various frogs that call when it is raining; esp. (a) U.S. and Caribbean a small tree frog of the genus Hyla (family Hylidae), esp. the common H. squirella; (b) any of various large Old World burrowing frogs of the families Brevicipitidae and Microhylidae, esp. of the African genus Breviceps. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Hylidae > spring peeper rain frog1827 peeper1851 spring peeper1855 1827 T. L. McKenney Sketches Tour to Lakes 158 We found the few people who live near its mouth..[with] rain frogs on the logs of their huts to sing them to repose. 1929 W. Rose Veld & Vlei 47 His other common name is ‘Reen Padda’ or ‘Rain Frog’, which probably indicates a propensity to emerge from concealment at the advent of rain. 1979 N. I. Passmore & V. C. Carruthers S. Afr. Frogs 82 Rain Frogs. Breviceps... Eleven species occur in South Africa. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures II. 645/2 Phantom frog , Eleutherodactylus phasma. Rain frog discovered in the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. < as lemmas |
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