ranidn.adj.
/ˈrɑːnɪd/, /ˈranɪd/, /ˈreɪnɪd/, U.S. /ˈrænəd/, /ˈreɪnəd/ Zoology.
A. n.
A frog of the large family Ranidae, which comprises typical frogs with long hind legs that are used for both leaping and swimming.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Diplasiocoela > family Ranidae (common frogs) > member of (frog)
frogOE
ranid1888
greeny1890
1888 Proc. Zool. Soc. 509 Our attention was early arrested by the general similarity between the proximal syndesmoses in the Hylids and Ranids and the knee-joint in the higher Vertebrata.
1957 P. J. Darlington Zoogeography iii. 170 Ranids have evolved in the main part of the Old World tropics.
1974 H. R. Heusser in B. Grzimek Animal Life Encycl. V. vi. 397 In true frogs or ranids..the presacral vertebrae are typically amphicoelous.
2002 Amer. Midland Naturalist 147 147 Regular predation on juvenile western toads may make Oregon spotted frogs unique among North American ranids.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a frog of the family Ranidae.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [adjective] > of or relating to frog
ranine1840
ranid1901
1901 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 58 (heading) On abnormal ranid larvae from North-Eastern India.
1923 L. A. Borradaile Animal & its Environment xii. 333 Had their tropical forests been connected, probably the Hylidæ would have spread over both of them, and the Ranid Tree-Frogs would..not have been developed.
1996 Korean Jrnl. Zool. 39 132 Faster take-off capacity of the ranid frogs was supported by the longer hindlimb length..and the more massive thigh muscles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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