单词 | water frog |
释义 | > as lemmaswater frog water frog n. any frog that lives in water (cf. tree-frog n., wood-frog n. at wood n.1 Compounds 2b(c), etc.); (in later use) esp. any of a group of European green frogs that includes the marsh frog Rana ridibunda and the pool frog R. lessonae and hybrids between these, including the edible frog (formerly known as R. esculenta). Rana ridibunda and R. lessonae are now often included in the genus Pelophylax. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > frog > in water water frogOE OE tr. Chrodegang of Metz Regula Canonicorum (Corpus Cambr. 191) lxxxi. 333 Wæterfrocgan hwilon hi ma gesihð of wætere, and swaþeah secað to fullicum morseohtrum. 1553 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe (new ed.) sig. B.v The bloud of water Frogges, of a water snaile. 1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) xx. 338 Lebault allowes Water Frogs to be good meat..if they be fat. 1731 M. Catesby Nat. Hist. Carolina II. 70 The Water-Frog. 1837 Daily Commerc. Bull. (St. Louis, Missouri) 14 Apr. The lively notes of the water frog, and the joyous carrolling of the thrush..greeted our ears in a short ride yesterday. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 480 The water-frog or edible frog (Rana esculenta)..is not a native of Britain, though often occurring as an escape. 1996 D. Dabydeen Counting House (1997) 67 Waterfrogs croaked like anxious old men cracking and re-cracking their knuckles. 2008 S. Chester Wildlife Guide Chile 122/2 Zapahuira water frog, Telmatobius zapahuirensis, is a semi-aquatic frog found in streams and small rivers in the High Andes. < as lemmas |
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