| 单词 | toad-frog |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoad-frog toad-frog n. (a) a book-name for the genus Pelobates of tailless amphibians: see quot.; (b) U.S. dialect = sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Procoela > family Bufonidae (true toads) > member of (toad) toadc1000 marine toad1802 toad-frog1861 1861 Harper's Mag. Aug. 421/1 Every body is a pitching into this matter like toad-frogs into a willow swamp. 1896 Lydekker New Nat. Hist. V. 283 The fifth family..comprises eight genera, which may be collectively termed toad-frogs, since they come neither under the designation of toads or frogs. 1913 H. Kephart Our Southern Highlanders xiii. 295 In the Smokies a toad is called a frog or a toad-frog. 1964 J. H. Clarke Harlem 276 She just stood..swellin' up like a big toad frog. 1981 Amer. Speech 56 45 Toad-frog is Southern and Midland. < as lemmas |
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