boiling frog

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡ/

/ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɑɡ/

From a widespread misconception describing a frog slowly being boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is placed in boiling water, it will jump out, but if it is placed in cold water that is slowly heated, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death.

Environmental pollution and the overconsumption of nonreplenishable resources is the boiling frog syndrome of the 21st century.

You can guess what the politicians said back then, too. "Don't worry," I'll bet they claimed, "tax rates will never rise!" It's the Boiling Frog Syndrome all over again.

2005, Ric Edelman, “The Greatest Discovery of the 20th Century”, in The Truth about Money, 3rd edition, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, Inc., →ISBN, part I (Introduction to Financial Planning), page 26:

The greatest challenge to an accurate current self-image (that is, seeing yourself as others see you and in a way consistent with your other internal states, beliefs, emotions, and so forth) is the boiling frog syndrome. Several factors contribute to this syndrome. First, people around you may not let you see a change. They may not give you feedback or information about how they see it. Also, they may be victims of the boiling frog syndrome themselves, adjusting their perception daily.

2009, Richard Boyatzis, “How and Why Individuals are Able to Develop Emotional Intelligence”, in Cary Cherniss, Daniel Goleman, editors, The Emotionally Intelligent Workplace: How to Select for, Measure, and Improve Emptional Intelligence in Individuals, Groups, and Organizations (The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series), San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 244:

The boiling frog syndrome portrays how people react to change. Dramatic sudden changes instigate resistance and even anger in many individuals. Conversely, people do well at adjusting to slow change that occurs over a long period of time.

2010, Anne [Elizabeth] Makzulak, “Green Biotechnology”, in Sustainability: Building Eco-friendly Communities (Green Technology), New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 39:

DotCloud was a "boiling frog." That's how [Solomon] Hykes and early investor Peter Fenton of Benchmark now describe dotCloud as it struggled in 2012. Put a frog in water and gradually heat it, the folk legend goes, and the frog won't notice that it's being cooked until it's too late.

2015 July 1, Alex Konrad, “Meet Docker’s Solomon Hykes, the Godfather of Software’s Container Craze”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2015-07-02:

Look at Facebook: Every company moved their brand presence to Facebook, sending out messages for their customers to receive. Now, you have to pay to send out your messages to people who chose to follow you. [You’ve become] a boiling frog.

2016 May 4, Shaun Prescott, quoting Tim Sweeney, “Tim Sweeney Renews Attack on Microsoft’s UWP [Universal Windows Platform]”, in PC Gamer, archived from the original on 2016-05-06:

The World Health Organisation’s latest data on air pollution proves there are more boiling frogs in India than anywhere else. People in 14 Indian cities are breathing the world’s most toxic air. Yet, like the metaphorical frogs who boil to death slowly without being aware of the danger, they are completely oblivious to the tragic fate that awaits them.

2018 May 2, Sandipan Sharma, “WHO Report on Pollution: Politicos Playing Petty Politics while People Choke, Citizens Need to Demand More”, in Firstpost, archived from the original on 2018-05-08:

Some people have described Theresa May’s approach to the hard Brexiters in her cabinet as boiling frogs: raising the temperature of the water so gradually that [David] Davis, Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Liam Fox don’t realise they are being cooked.

2018 June 7, John Rentoul, “The David Davis resignation crisis is over for today – but this is just the start of troubles to come”, in The Independent, London, archived from the original on 2018-06-12:

Our attractiveness as a location for investment is diminished. Unfortunately the pain is a boiling frog, as we can never know the investment and growth opportunities we will forsake.

2018 August 22, Nassim Khadem, Patrick Hatch, quoting Paul Abbey, “‘Boiling frog’: Business, tax experts slam rejection of corporate cuts”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 2018-11-03:

(idiomatic, often attributively) A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.

溫水煮青蛙 /温水煮青蛙

person or thing in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril


Fräsch

From Old High German frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz. Cognate with German Frosch, Dutch vors, Icelandic froskur.


Mouk

A word found only in western Moselle Franconian (besides Luxembourg chiefly Saarland, Trier, Bitburg). Surely of onomatopoeic origin, comparable to German quak, English croak. Compare also Luxembourgish moukeg (“mopish, grumpy”).


ajolote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“page, servant”)).


xenopid

Concerning this latter point, however, it should be recalled that the xenopid larvae are equally microphagous and yet their manicotto structure is essentially of the ranid type.

1961, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: Volume 137:

On the tails of some tadpoles the melanophores which were scattered on the surface of the body are visible, in the same way as in the tadpoles of the xenopids.

1972, Zdeněk V. Špinar, Tertiary frogs from Central Europe:

(zoology) Any of the genus Xenopus of clawed frogs.


森青蛙

ja-noun

森(もり)青(あお)蛙(がえる) or 森青蛙(モリアオガエル) • (moriaogaeru)

森青蛙 (canonical)
森青蛙 (canonical)
moriaogaeru (romanization)

forest green tree frog
forest green tree frog

forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)


forest green tree frog

en-noun

forest green tree frog (plural forest green tree frogs)

A tropical lowland frog (Rhacophorus arboreus) whose habitat range is mostly restricted to Japan's Honshū


蝦蟇

蝦蟇 (canonical)
蝦蟇 (canonical)
gama (romanization)

Appears to be borrowed from Middle Chinese 蝦蟇 (MC hae, “toad”, literally “shrimp, prawn + toad”).


蝦蟇

ja-noun

蝦蟇(がまがえる) • (gamagaeru) ^(←がまがへる (gamagaferu)?)

蝦蟇 (canonical)
gamagaeru (romanization)
gamagaferu (romanization)
がまがへる (hiragana historical)

[ɡa̠ma̠ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

Appears to be a compound of 蟇 (gama, “toad”) + 蛙 (kaeru, “frog”). The kaeru changes to gaeru as an instance of rendaku (連濁). The kanji in this term are reversed as jukujikun (熟字訓) to match the Chinese spelling of the borrowed term gama (see above).


蟇蛙

蟇(ひき)蛙(がえる) or 蟇蛙(ヒキガエル) • (hikigaeru) ^(←ひきがへる (fikigaferu) or ヒキガヘル (fikigaferu)?)

蟇蛙 (canonical)
蟇蛙 (canonical)
hikigaeru (romanization)
fikigaferu (romanization)
ひきがへる (hiragana historical)
ヒキガヘル (hiragana historical)

[çi̥kʲiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]


Chinese edible frog

en-noun

Chinese edible frog (plural Chinese edible frogs)

A species of frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus), found mostly in Southeast Asia.


crappo

en-adj

crappo (comparative more crappo, superlative most crappo)

more crappo (comparative)
most crappo (superlative)

From crap (“of poor quality”) + -o (colloquializing suffix).

suffix

(slang) Of very low quality; crap, lousy.


crappo

crappos (plural)
crapaud (alternative)
crapo (alternative)

Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.

Medical attention is immediately needed if "Fido" encounters a specie of huge toad, up to eight to ten inches round, called a "crappo", and decides to take it into his mouth to play with. This toad exudes a substance from glands in its skin which will cause profuse salivation, and sometimes, if absorbed, will cause the animal to become very excited with high fever and twitching uncontrollable motions.

1982, The Settler’s Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 6th edition, Christiansted, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands: Prestige Press, →OCLC, pages 37–38:

crapo (from the French crapaud, frog) a huge toad (Bufo marinus)

[2004, William L. Murphy, “A Trinbagonian Lexicon”, in A Birdwatchers’ Guide to Trinidad & Tobago (Birdwatchers’ Guides), Cley next the Sea, Norfolk: Prion, →ISBN, page 163:

One of the wild animals most familiar to all Trinidadians, even those with not the slightest interest in wildlife, is the crappo, that large toad which is seen so often at this time of year around houses and roads.

2007, Richard ffrench, “August”, in The Naturalist’s Year, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Prospect Press, →ISBN, page 96:

Little crappos would find their way into the house. I was tormented by them. When in panic I feared they, like fluttering pigeons, were liable to do anything.

2011, Rahul Bhattacharya, chapter 7, in The Sly Company of People Who Care, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 86:

This sentry type wooden cubicle was built in the yard; not far from the house. It was not a very respectful bathroom in my opinion; especially since the fat crappos (crapaud/huge toad) took up residence. How I despised them.

2011 October 27, Helena Martin, “1947 Jacklow, Pomeroon River”, in Walk Wit’ Me …: All Ova Guyana, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN, section 4 (Primitive Plumbing), page 19:

Crickets call out in the coming dark. Crappo answer.

2013, Gaiutra Bahadur, “Beautiful Woman Without a Nose”, in Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture, London: C[hristopher] Hurst & Co., →ISBN, Part 2 (Exploring), page 105:

(Caribbean, chiefly Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago) A toad (chiefly from the family Bufonidae).


crappo

Leiden University
National Herbarium of the Netherlands
Nicoline van der Sijs

Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English crappo, crapaud, a modification of either Lokono carapa, kálaba, karaba, or Kari'na karapa.
Cognates
* Dutch krapboom
* Sranan Tongo krapa

Carapa or Crappo […] Carapa Guianensis, Aubl.

1888, J. H. Hart, “Appendix C. Classified List of the Wood-producing Trees of Trinidad”, in Annual Report on the Royal Botanic Gardens, and Their Work for 1887 (Council Paper; no. 32), [Port of Spain], Trinidad: [Government of Trinidad], →OCLC, page 34:

Crappo, or carapa (Carapa guianensis), 40 to 60 feet high and 1½ to 3 feet in diameter, grows plentifully in mixed forests. The reddish wood weighs 42 pounds per cubic foot, and is durable and easily worked.

1916, Roger E. Simmons, “Trinidad. Chapter I.—General Description and Forest Resources.”, in Lumber Markets of the West and North Coasts of South America (Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, Special Agents Series; no. 117), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 133:

Besides Cedar, there are only five kinds of timber that are sufficiently plentiful to allow of their export viz.: Crappo or Crabwood (Carapa guianensis), Mora (Dimorphandra Mora), Olivier (Chuncoa obovata) Guatacre or Watercaire (Lecythis laevifolia) and Fustic (Macura Xanthoxylon). Crappo or Crabwood somewhat resembing Mahogany—a useful furniture wood—and Fustic—a dyewood—are fairly well known.

1921, “Section 22. Production and Natural Resources.”, in Trinidad and Tobago. Blue Book: 1920, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: […] Government Printing Office, →OCLC, subsection 2 (Forestry), page 508:

With the Forest Reserves there are now more than 1,500 acres of plantations (including experimental plots) of which the principal indigenous species are:— […] crappo (Carapa guianensis, Aubl.), […] ten acres were regenerated with crappo under contracts at the Central Range Reserve Plantations, whilst ten acres in the Southern Watershed Reserve were partly planted with teak and partly with indigenous species.

1930, “Production”, in Trinidad and Tobago. Annual General Report for the Year 1929 (Colonial Reports—Annual; no. 1505), London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; Port of Spain, Trinidad: […] Government Printer, Government Printing Office, →OCLC, paragraphs 24–25, page 15:

The commonest large trees in the Bois Mulatre-Carat forest areas are crappo Carapa guianensis and wild chataigne Pachira insignis, with guatecare Eschweilera subglandulosa in third place among acurel Trichilia oblanceolata, rosemacho Crudia glaberrima and redwood Gaurea guara.

1982, “Trinidad & Tobago”, in IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas, Dublin: [F]or IUCN by Tycooly International Publishing, →ISBN, page 337:

[C]edar, crappo, olivier and mora dominate the harvest from state forests.

2000, Julian Kenny, “Plants”, in Views from the Ridge: Exploring the Natural History of Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Prospect Press, →ISBN, page 25, column 1:

Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla G. King and S. mahagoni Jacq.), the American cedar (Cedrela odorata L. (= C. mexicana Roem.)) and crappo (Carapa guianensis Aubl.) are forest trees of commercial value in the Caribbean region.

2020, E. E. Sosa, F. Blanco, J[oop] C. van enteren, “Biological Control in Belize”, in Joop C. van Lenteren, Vanda H. P. Bueno, M. Gabriela Luna, Yelitza C. Colmenarez, editors, Biological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean: Its Rich History and Bright Future (CABI Invasives Series; 12), Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Boston, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN, page 59:

(Trinidad and Tobago) The andiroba or crabwood tree (Carapa guianensis).


goniorhynchid

From translingual Goniorhynchus + -id. The genus name itself is from Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “angle”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”).

Any of the extinct microsaur genus †Goniorhynchus (a synonym of †Rhynchonkos).


toadskin

It was as though she wore a mask made from toadskins. Her clothes were crocodile skin the color of old tobacco, and she carried a staff of twisted driftwood.

The Chinese use a preparation derived from toadskins, which they call senso, as a remedy for several sicknesses.

the skin of a toad, or leather made therefrom


frogskin

en-noun

frogskin (countable and uncountable, plural frogskins)

You can buy the individual parts for a few frogskins, or the whole setup for fifty.

Give a few frogskins to charity.

(US, slang) A greenback, a United States dollar.


toadish

en-adj

toadish (comparative more toadish, superlative most toadish)

more toadish (comparative)
most toadish (superlative)

revel in a toadish insensibility

The only human occupant of the back seat was a toadish little creature. He held out a severely mangled hand, with clawed, yellowish nails.

2012, Andrew Vachss, Blackjack: A Cross Novel:


urodelian

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the salamanders of Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


urodelian

Salamanders are urodelians.

(zoology) Any member of the Urodela (synonym of Caudata).


arciferal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly.

arcífero

having the epicoracoid cartilages fused anteriorly, but separate and overlapping posteriorly


firmisternal

(biology, of frogs) Having the epicoracoid cartilages fused both anteriorly and posteriorly.


scaphiophrynine

(zoology) Any of the frogs in the microhylid subfamily Scaphiophryninae.


microhylid

(zoology) Any of the frog family Microhylidae.


bakaka

(Sakalava) Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)


amphiuma

(zoology) Any of the genus Amphiuma of aquatic salamanders.


podder

Brrrtr had even sent Hrrryr, a podder. They had been born in the same pod.

2007, Samuel Blankson, The Kolumbas Affair, page 195:

'It's the essential meat gunk that is supplied to the still-living podders,' she explained.

2010, Robertski Brothers, The McAtrix Derided:

Paul says he started out as a Podder. He tried to do development deals with the Inner and Outer Systems, and he only became a renegade when he was betrayed by both.'

2013, Charles Sheffield, Proteus Unbound:

(science fiction) One who was born in or lives in a pod.


podder

en-noun

podder (countable and uncountable, plural podders)

If Ah'd only got some podder, Ah can mek Fourt' of July raght here.

1894 July 5, “Fourth of July at Highfield Poorhouse”, in Youth's Companion, volume 67, page 307:

Thursday the Therd Day: I Kept Laising aBought all Day for I was very Laisay only I made a Stople to a podder Horn : and So on:

1966, Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum - Volume 12, page 281:

And when I remarked I couldn't provide 'em with no meat since I was out of podder for my rifle, Micajah--or Big Harpe as some calls him-- he smiled, sorta chuckled, and lent over the table, and said, 'No man oughta be without podder,' — or something like that and then poured out of his own horn.

2005, Kenneth Tucker, A Wilderness of Tigers, page 5:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


podder

It sounds like treacle,' said Abe, with a puzzled look; but I don't see what the podder's got to do with it, anyhow; and the young woman's got no business to be wasting her time waiting for the milk to set.

1898, The Literary World - Volume 57, page 70:

Now and then toads would appear, and the shout " There's a podder!" would come from some child or other during an acute moving crisis.

1930, Mother Cecile in South Africa, 1883-1906: Foundress of the Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord, page 37:

Speaking of toads—after a rainfall in South African country places, the roads would be hopping with great, fat, ugly, croaking toads (known to us kids as 'podders').

2006, F. M. K. Ridgway, Our Wandering Years, page 227:


batrachophagous

/bəˈtɹækəˌfeɪɡəs/

/ˌbætɹəˈkɒfəɡəs/

From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -phagous.

der

[…] the frogs had their full share in the general calamity. The convention of Cintra delivered the remnant of the race from their batrachophagous oppressors […]


ܦܩܥܐ

aii-noun

ܦܲܩܥܵܐ • (paqˁā) m (plural ܦܲܩܥܹ̈ܐ (paqˁē))

ܦܲܩܥܵܐ (canonical)
paqˁā (romanization)
ܦܲܩܥܹ̈ܐ (plural)
ܦܲܩܥܝܼ (first-person possessed-form singular)
ܦܲܩܥܲܢ (first-person plural possessed-form)
ܦܲܩܥ (construct singular)
ܦܲܩܥܘܼܟ݂ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܲܩܥܵܟ݂ܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܲܩܥܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form second-person)
ܦܲܩܥܵܐ (emphatic singular)
ܦܲܩܥܹܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܲܩܥܵܗ̇ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܲܩܥܗܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form third-person)
ܦܲܩܥܝܼ̈ (first-person possessed-form singular)
ܦܲܩܥܲܢ̈ (first-person plural possessed-form)
ܦܲܩܥܲܝ̈ (construct plural)
ܦܲܩܥܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܲܩܥܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܲܩܥܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form second-person)
ܦܲܩܥܹ̈ܐ (emphatic plural)
ܦܲܩܥܘܼ̈ܗܝ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܲܩܥ̈ܘܿܗ̇ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܲܩܥܗ̈ܘܿܢ (plural possessed-form third-person)

aii-infl-noun

ܦܲܩܥܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ

Already present in Bar Ali’s 9th-10th century dictionary and along with ܥܲܩܪܘܼܩܵܐ (ˁaqrūqā) displaced the older ܐܘܼܪܕܥܵܐ (urdˁā). Compare Hebrew פֶּקַע (péqa).


ܦܩܥܐ

head

ܦܩܥܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܦܩܥܐ)

ܦܩܥܐ (plural)
ܦܩܥ (absolute singular)
ܦܩܥܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܦܩܥܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܦܩܥ (construct singular)
ܦܩܥܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܩܥܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܦܩܥܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܦܩܥܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܦܩܥܐ (emphatic singular)
ܦܩܥܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܩܥܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܦܩܥܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܦܩܥܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From the root ܦ ܩ ܥ related to splitting. Compare Hebrew פֶּקַע (péqaʿ).


spring peeper

Because it peeps (makes a sound) in the spring (the season).

It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their lovesick vibrato.

1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 297:

A small chorus frog of North America (Pseudacris crucifer).


bo-peep

en-noun

bo-peep (countable and uncountable, plural bo-peeps)

bo-peeps (plural)
bo peep (alternative)
bopeep (alternative)

Well, come on, boys. You've got to push off now. I'm going to read me linen and then get some Bo-Peep.

1976, Ron Barnes, Coronation Cups and Jam Jars, page 164:

Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang

(uncountable, Cockney rhyming slang) Sleep.


frogly

en-adj

frogly (comparative more frogly, superlative most frogly)

more frogly (comparative)
most frogly (superlative)

1877, "The Centennial Frog", The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories, publ. by Clazton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, page 14.
Lieutenant Frog's rich frogly voice / Husky grew with his great theme;

[…] and when at last they arrive at frogly maturity, they escape into the world through the mouth of their father.

1901, Grant Allen, In nature's workshop:

Yet as some of the verses show, Aristophanes knew a good deal of actual frogly habits.

1945, American Nature Association, Nature magazine:

On those sacred nights you can rise in frogly glory to confront the villains who are poisoning my subjects.

Of, relating to, or pertaining to frogs; froglike.


frogly

Toadly awesome!" "Not toadly," said Michael, laughing. "Gorfman's a frog." "It's frogly awesome," said Charu.

2009, Gail Donovan, In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog:

(humorous, nonce word) In a frog-like manner.


toadly

toadly (comparative more toadly, superlative most toadly)

more toadly (comparative)
most toadly (superlative)

From a corruption of towardly (“comely, nice, pleasant, queem”).

(UK dialectal) Quiet; gentle; docile; easily managed; kindly; well-contented.


edible frog

A member of a hybrid species of frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus, a hybrid of the pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and the Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus).


మండూకము

te-noun

మండూకము • (maṇḍūkamu) ? (plural మండూకములు)

maṇḍūkamu (romanization)
మండూకములు (plural)
మండూకం (alternative)

From Sanskrit मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) + -ము (-mu).


గోదురు కప్ప

గోదురు కప్ప • (gōduru kappa) ? (plural గోదురు కప్పలు)

gōduru kappa (romanization)
గోదురు కప్పలు (plural)


atepocate

atepocates (plural)
tepocate (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl atepocatl (“tadpole”).


coaxation

en-noun

coaxation (countable and uncountable, plural coaxations)

From Ancient Greek κοάξ (koáx, “the noise of frogs”).

der

The importunate, harsh, and disharmonious coaxations of frogs.


unke

European fire-bellied toad
European fire-bellied toad

(dated) The European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina).


Caecilia

A taxonomic genus within the family Caeciliidae – common caecilians.


parotoid gland

An external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders, which secretes a milky alkaloid substance to deter predators.


హరి

హరి యను రెండక్షరములు హరియించును పాతకములు
hari yanu reṇḍakṣaramulu hariyiñcunu pātakamulu


తలకప్ప

te-noun

తలకప్ప • (talakappa) ? (plural తలకప్పలు)

talakappa (romanization)
తలకప్పలు (plural)


lêzarde dg'ieau

head

lêzarde dg'ieau f (plural lêzardes dg'ieau)


amffibiad

amffibiaid (plural)
amffibiad
hamffibiad (prothesis-h)


bufod

bufods (nominative plural)
bufod (nominative singular)
bufods (nominative plural)
bufoda (genitive singular)
bufodas (genitive plural)
bufode (dative singular)
bufodes (dative plural)
bufodi (accusative singular)
bufodis (accusative plural)
o bufod! (singular vocative)
o bufods! (plural vocative)
bufodu (predicative singular)
bufodus (plural predicative)

toad (amphibian) (compare Bufo, Bufonidae)


rosip

rosips (nominative plural)
rosip (nominative singular)
rosips (nominative plural)
rosipa (genitive singular)
rosipas (genitive plural)
rosipe (dative singular)
rosipes (dative plural)
rosipi (accusative singular)
rosipis (accusative plural)
o rosip! (singular vocative)
o rosips! (plural vocative)
rosipu (predicative singular)
rosipus (plural predicative)

toad (amphibian) (compare Italian rospo)


mafib

mafibs (nominative plural)
mafib (nominative singular)
mafibs (nominative plural)
mafiba (genitive singular)
mafibas (genitive plural)
mafibe (dative singular)
mafibes (dative plural)
mafibi (accusative singular)
mafibis (accusative plural)
o mafib! (singular vocative)
o mafibs! (plural vocative)
mafibu (predicative singular)
mafibus (plural predicative)


chʼał niłtólí

chʼał (“frog”) + niłtólí (“it is clear, transparent, crystalline, pure”)


Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí


земноводное

ru-noun+

земново́дное

земново́дное • (zemnovódnoje) n anim (genitive земново́дного, nominative plural земново́дные, genitive plural земново́дных)

земново́дное (canonical)
zemnovódnoje (romanization)
земново́дного (genitive)
земново́дные (nominative plural)
земново́дных (genitive plural)
земново́дное (nominative singular)
земново́дные (nominative plural)
земново́дного (genitive singular)
земново́дных (genitive plural)
земново́дному (dative singular)
земново́дным (dative plural)
земново́дное (accusative singular)
земново́дных (accusative plural)
земново́дным (instrumental singular)
земново́дными (instrumental plural)
земново́дном (prepositional singular)
земново́дных (plural prepositional)

Neuter of земново́дный (zemnovódnyj) (from земно́й (zemnój) + во́дный (vódnyj)) (живо́тное n (živótnoje)) - "earthly-watery (animal)"


crapaud buffle

fr-noun

crapaud buffle m (plural crapauds buffles)

Alternative form of crapaud-buffle (“cane toad”)


menobranch

/ˈmɛnəbɹæŋk/

From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill”).

(archaic) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus Necturus (formerly Menobranchus), with permanent external gills.


isele

ísêle (canonical class-5)
ámasêle (class-6 plural)


isele

ī́sele (canonical class-5)
amásele (class-6 plural)
isele (singular)
amasele (plural)
lisele (singular)
masele (plural)
eseleni (locative singular)
emaseleni (locative plural)
yisele (singular)
ngamasele (plural)
wesele (possessive singular)
owesele (possessive singular)
wamasele (plural possessive)
owamasele (plural possessive)
besele (possessive singular)
abesele (possessive singular)
bamasele (plural possessive)
abamasele (plural possessive)
yesele (possessive singular)
eyesele (possessive singular)
yamasele (plural possessive)
eyamasele (plural possessive)
lesele (possessive singular)
elesele (possessive singular)
lamasele (plural possessive)
elamasele (plural possessive)
esele (possessive singular)
awesele (possessive singular)
amasele (plural possessive)
awamasele (plural possessive)
sesele (possessive singular)
esesele (possessive singular)
samasele (plural possessive)
esamasele (plural possessive)
zesele (possessive singular)
ezesele (possessive singular)
zamasele (plural possessive)
ezamasele (plural possessive)
lwesele (possessive singular)
olwesele (possessive singular)
lwamasele (plural possessive)
olwamasele (plural possessive)
obesele (possessive singular)
obamasele (plural possessive)
kwesele (possessive singular)
okwesele (possessive singular)
kwamasele (plural possessive)
okwamasele (plural possessive)


cryptobranchid

(zoology) Any of the Cryptobranchidae of giant salamanders.


atepocatl

Spanish: atepocate, tepocate

Atepocatl. renaquajo.

1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 7v. col. 2:


terraranan

(zoology) Any frog of the genus Pristimantis.


మండూకి

te-noun

మండూకి • (maṇḍūki) f (plural మండూకులు)

maṇḍūki (romanization)
మండూకులు (plural)

From Sanskrit मण्डूक (maṇḍūka) + -ఇ (-i).


ܝܩܪܘܪܐ

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ܝܩܪܘܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܝܩܪܘܪܐ)

ܝܩܪܘܪܐ (plural)
ܝܩܪܘܪ (absolute singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܝܩܪܘܪ (construct singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܝܩܪܘܪܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܝܩܪܘܪܐ (emphatic singular)
ܝܩܪܘܪܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܝܩܪܘܪܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܝܩܪܘܪܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܝܩܪܘܪܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From Egyptian qrr, q:r:r-I7 Compare Egyptian Arabic يَقْرُور (yaqrūr).


adelogyrinid

(zoology) Any amphibian in the extinct family †Adelogyrinidae.


albanerpetontid

The bones of strange amphibians known as albanerpetonids (sic), and the ancestors of the midwife toads, which are among the most ancient of European creatures, have been recovered, as have the bones of python-like snakes known as matsoiids, terrestrial crocodiles with serrated teeth, legless lizards, ancestral skink-like creatures, and whiptail lizards.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 25:

(paleontology) Any member of the family Albanerpetontidae.


ambystomatid

(zoology) Any salamander of the family Ambystomatidae


zatrachydid

(zoology) Any member of the Zatrachydidae.


ambystomid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Ambystomidae.


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


amphiumid

(zoology) Any member of the Amphiumidae.


anthracosaurid

(zoology) Any member of the extinct family Anthracosauridae.


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


ascaphid

(zoology) Any of the tailed frogs in the family Ascaphidae


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


brachycephalid

(zoology) Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.


brachystelechid

(zoology) Any extinct microsaur of the family Brachystelechidae.


branchiosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family Branchiosauridae.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


caeciliid

(zoology) Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.


capitosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl amphibian of the family Capitosauridae.


centrolenid

(zoology) Any glass frog in the family Centrolenidae.


ceratobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.


ceratophryid

(zoology) Any horned frog in the family Ceratophryidae.


chigutisaurid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian in the family Chigutisauridae.


dendrerpetontid

(zoology) Any member of the Dendrerpetontidae.


dicamptodontid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Dicamptodontidae, now generally considered to be part of the Ambystomatidae.


discoglossid

(zoology) Any frog or toad in the family Discoglossidae, a synonym of the Alytidae.


edopid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Edopidae.


eleutherodactylid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.


eogyrinid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Eogyrinidae.


eryopid

(zoology) Any extinct amphibian of the family †Eryopidae


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


heylerosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the Heylerosauridae.


hylid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hylidae of frogs, including tree frogs.


hynobiid

(zoology) Any member of the family Hynobiidae of salamanders.


hyperoliid

Borrowed from translingual Hyperoliidae.

Any in the family Hyperoliidae of frogs.


ichthyophiid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae.


ichthyostegid

(zoology) Any labyrinthodont in the family Ichthyostegidae.


intasuchid

(zoology)Any temnospondyl in the family Intasuchidae.


karaurid

(zoology) Any salamander-like amphibian in the family Karauridae.


latiscopid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Latiscopidae.


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


lydekkerinid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Lydekkerinidae.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


mastodonsaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Mastodonsauridae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


metoposaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Metoposauridae.


micromelerpetontid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Micromelerpetontidae.


myobatrachid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Myobatrachidae.


pelobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelobatidae of spadefoot toads.


pelodytid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pelodytidae of parsley frogs.


petropedetid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.


pipid

(zoology) Any member of the family Pipidae, the tongueless frogs.


plagiosaurid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl of the family Plagiosauridae.


waxachill

wáxachill (canonical)
wáxashllem (plural)


rhacophorid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhacophoridae.


rhinatrematid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Rhinatrematidae.


rhinesuchid

(zoology) Any temnospondyl in the family Rhinesuchidae.


rhinodermatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhinodermatidae.


rhinophrynid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Rhinophrynidae.


rhyacotritonid

(zoology) Any salamander in the family Rhyacotritonidae.


rhytidosteid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Rhytidosteidae.


scaphiopodid

(zoology) Any in the family Scaphiopodidae of toads.


uraeotyphlid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Uraeotyphlidae, now considered to be part of the Ichthyophiidae.


scolecomorphid

(zoology) Any in the family Scolecomorphidae of caecilians.


sirenid

(zoology) Any member of the family Sirenidae of salamanders.


sooglossid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Sooglossidae.


trematopid

(zoology) Any member of the family Trematopidae of extinct amphibians.


trematopsid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematopsidae.


trematosaurid

(zoology) Any extinct temnospondyl in the family Trematosauridae.


trimerorhachid

(zoology) Any dvinosaur in the family Trimerorhachidae.


typhlonectid

(zoology) Any caecilian in the family Typhlonectidae.


ܣܠܡܢܕܪܐ

ܣܠܡܢܕܪܐ • (transliteration needed) c (plural ܣܠܡܢܕܪܐ)

ܣܠܡܢܕܪܐ (plural)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪ (absolute singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪ (construct singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܐ (emphatic singular)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܣܠܡܢܕܪܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܣܐܠܐܡܢܕܪܐ (alternative)

From Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).


brotac

brotaci (plural)
brotac (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brotacul (accusative definite nominative singular)
brotaci (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
brotacii (accusative definite nominative plural)
brotac (indefinite singular)
brotacului (definite singular)
brotaci (indefinite singular)
brotacilor (definite plural)
brotacule (singular vocative)
brotacilor (vocative)
broatec (alternative)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *brothācus, from Ancient Greek βροτάχος (brotákhos), from βάτραχος (bátrakhos). Compare Aromanian broatic, Albanian bretk, bretkosë.


даждевњак

sh-noun

даждѐвња̄к m (Latin spelling daždèvnjāk)

даждѐвња̄к (canonical masculine)
daždèvnjāk (romanization)
даждѐвња̄к (nominative singular)
даждевња́ци (nominative plural)
даждевња́ка (genitive singular)
даждевњака (genitive plural)
даждевњаку (dative singular)
даждевњацима (dative plural)
даждевња́ка (accusative singular)
даждевњаке (accusative plural)
да̏ждевња̄че (singular vocative)
даждевњаци (plural vocative)
даждевњаку (locative singular)
даждевњацима (locative plural)
даждевњаком (instrumental singular)
даждевњацима (instrumental plural)

sh-decl-noun

даждевњацима

да̏ждевња̄че

даждевњацима

даждевњацима

Derived from да̏жд. Compare Bulgarian дъждовник (dǎždovnik), Macedonian до́ждовник (dóždovnik).


daždevnjak

sh-noun

daždèvnjāk m (Cyrillic spelling даждѐвња̄к)

daždèvnjāk (canonical masculine)
даждѐвња̄к (Cyrillic)
daždèvnjāk (nominative singular)
daždevnjáci (nominative plural)
daždevnjáka (genitive singular)
daždevnjaka (genitive plural)
daždevnjaku (dative singular)
daždevnjacima (dative plural)
daždevnjáka (accusative singular)
daždevnjake (accusative plural)
dȁždevnjāče (singular vocative)
daždevnjaci (plural vocative)
daždevnjaku (locative singular)
daždevnjacima (locative plural)
daždevnjakom (instrumental singular)
daždevnjacima (instrumental plural)


водоземац

vodozemac (romanization)
водоземац (nominative singular)
водоземци (nominative plural)
водоземца (genitive singular)
водоземаца (genitive plural)
водоземцу (dative singular)
водоземцима (dative plural)
водоземца (accusative singular)
водоземце (accusative plural)
водоземцу (singular vocative)
водоземци (plural vocative)
водоземцу (locative singular)
водоземцима (locative plural)
водоземцем (instrumental singular)
водоземцима (instrumental plural)


амфибија

а̀мфӣбија (canonical feminine)
àmfībija (romanization)
амфибија (nominative singular)
амфибије (nominative plural)
амфибије (genitive singular)
амфибија (genitive plural)
амфибији (dative singular)
амфибијама (dative plural)
амфибију (accusative singular)
амфибије (accusative plural)
амфибијо (singular vocative)
амфибије (plural vocative)
амфибији (locative singular)
амфибијама (locative plural)
амфибијом (instrumental singular)
амфибијама (instrumental plural)


waterdog

The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).


mudpuppy

mudpuppies (plural)
mud puppy (alternative)

From mud + puppy, because of its barking sound.

An aquatic salamander of the family Proteidae.


huć

hūć (canonical feminine)
hućia (plural)
hećła (diminutive)


siredon

From Latin Sīrēdones, alternative form of Sīrēnes (“the Sirens”) from Ancient Greek Σειρηδώνες (Seirēdṓnes) plural of Σειρηδών (Seirēdṓn) alternative form of Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).

(zoology, obsolete) A larval or neotenic salamander (e.g. the axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum).


ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ

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ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܢ • (ʾammīʾanṭōn) m

ʾammīʾanṭōn (romanization)
ܐܡܝܐܢܛܘܣ (alternative)
ܐܡܝܢܛܘܢ (alternative)
ܐܡܝܢܛܘܣ (alternative)


Congo snake

An aquatic salamander of the genus Amphiuma.


rumpetroll

rumpetroll n (definite singular rumpetrollet, indefinite plural rumpetroll, definite plural rumpetrolla or rumpetrollene)

rumpetrollet (definite singular)
rumpetroll (indefinite plural)
rumpetrolla (definite plural)
rumpetrollene (definite plural)

From rumpe (“rear, tail”) + troll (“troll”).


rumpetroll

rumpetroll n (definite singular rumpetrollet, indefinite plural rumpetroll, definite plural rumpetrolla)

rumpetrollet (definite singular)
rumpetroll (indefinite plural)
rumpetrolla (definite plural)
rompetroll (alternative)
rompetrøll (alternative)


аксолотль

ru-noun+

аксоло́тль • (aksolótlʹ) m anim (genitive аксоло́тля, nominative plural аксоло́тли, genitive plural аксоло́тлей)

аксоло́тль (canonical)
aksolótlʹ (romanization)
аксоло́тля (genitive)
аксоло́тли (nominative plural)
аксоло́тлей (genitive plural)
аксоло́тль (nominative singular)
аксоло́тли (nominative plural)
аксоло́тля (genitive singular)
аксоло́тлей (genitive plural)
аксоло́тлю (dative singular)
аксоло́тлям (dative plural)
аксоло́тля (accusative singular)
аксоло́тлей (accusative plural)
аксоло́тлем (instrumental singular)
аксоло́тлями (instrumental plural)
аксоло́тле (prepositional singular)
аксоло́тлях (plural prepositional)

axolotl (amphibian of the salamander tribe)


կովադիաց

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կովադիաց • (kovadiacʻ)

xcl-noun

կովադիաց • (kovadiacʻ)

kovadiacʻ (romanization)
կովիդիաց (alternative)
կովիդեայ (alternative)

Armenian: կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ)

Literally “cow-sucker”, from կով (kov) + -ա- (-a-) + դիեմ (diem). Compare Sanskrit गोधा (godhā́, “Iguana, a species of big lizard”, literally “cow milker/sucker”), Northern Kurdish bizinmij (“monitor lizard”, literally “goat sucker”). The semantics are based on some folk-belief. Later replaced by կովածուծ (kovacuc).

cog

[…]եւ մկնաքիս եւ գետնառեւծ եւ կովադիաց (var. կովիդիաց, կովիդեաց, կովադիայ, կովիգեաց) եւ մողէզ եւ խլուրդ:
[…]ew mknakʻis ew getnaṙewc ew kovadiacʻ (var. kovidiacʻ, kovideacʻ, kovadiay, kovigeacʻ) ew mołēz ew xlurd:

Translation by New English Translation of the Septuagint
[…] field mouse and chameleon and gecko and lizard and blind rat.

զի մողէզք եւ կովիդեայք, քարաթաթաւշք եւ բնդռունք ի վերայ եկեալ՝ կերան զորս նորա

10/13th century, Tʻovmay Arcruni and Ananun, Patmutʻiwn tann Arcruneacʻ [History of the House of Artsrunik] A.3

zi mołēzkʻ ew kovideaykʻ, kʻaratʻatʻawškʻ ew bndṙunkʻ i veray ekeal, keran zors nora


mole salamander

en-noun

mole salamander (plural mole salamanders)

The axolotl is a member of the Mole salamanders, a genus found only in North America, and one of a handful of species found only in the highland lakes of Mexico.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15:

A member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, especially Ambystoma talpoideum.


physalaemin

(biochemistry) A tachykinin peptide obtained from the Physalaemus frog.


toadling

After the young ones have acquired their perfect shape, they appear to leave the water, and frequently the roads and paths are so covered with minute but well-formed toadlings, that it is impossible to put your foot down without crushing some [...]

1878, Charles St. John, Sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the Highlands:

A glob of pea green toadling spit splattered against my upraised arm, burning like holy hell.


తోకకప్ప

te-noun

తోకకప్ప • (tōkakappa) ? (plural తోకకప్పలు)

tōkakappa (romanization)
తోకకప్పలు (plural)


牛蛙

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ waː⁵⁵/


牛蛙

牛蛙 (canonical)
牛蛙 (canonical)
ushigaeru (romanization)

[ɯ̟ɕiɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

牛(うし) (ushi, “bull; cow; or the like”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

ja-compound

an American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)


ဖားပြုပ်

my-noun

ဖားပြုပ် • (hpa:prup) (classifier ကောင်)

prup (romanization)
ကောင် (classifier)
ဘားပြုပ် (alternative)

ဖား (hpa:, “frog”) + ပြုပ် (prup, “cluster of lumps”)

compound

Asian common toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)


मींडकौ

head

मींडकौ (mī̃ṇḍakau) m

mwr-noun

मींडकौ (mī̃ṇḍakau) m

From Sanskrit मण्डूक (maṇḍūka). Cognate with Hindustani मेंढक (meṇḍhak) / مینڈھک (mẽṇḍhak).


ܥܩܪܘܩܐ

head

ܥܩܪܘܩܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܥܩܪܘܩܐ)

ܥܩܪܘܩܐ (plural)
ܥܩܪܘܩ (absolute singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܥܩܪܘܩ (construct singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܥܩܪܘܩܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܥܩܪܘܩܐ (emphatic singular)
ܥܩܪܘܩܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܥܩܪܘܩܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܥܩܪܘܩܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܥܩܪܘܩܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Compare Arabic عَقْرُوق (ʕaqrūq), an Aramaic borrowing.


пага

пага • (paga) (definite accusative паганы, plural пагалар)

paga (romanization)
паганы (accusative definite)
пагалар (plural)


Hyla

New Latin, after Hylas, companion of Hercules

A taxonomic genus within the family Hylidae – some tree frogs.

Argenteohyla

syn. of Nyctimantis, brown-eyed treefrog


སྦལ་པ

→ Wutunhua: bbawa


пага төлү

пага төлүлер

пага төлү • (paga tölü) (definite accusative пага төлүн, plural пага төлүлер)

paga tölü (romanization)
пага төлүн (accusative definite)
пага төлүлер (plural)


къоркъотӏинчӏ

къоркъотӏинчӏ • (qxʼorqxʼotʼinčʼ)

av-noun

къоркъотӏинчӏ • (qxʼorqxʼotʼinčʼ)


midwife toad

Refers to the males' behaviour of carrying fertilised eggs on their backs.

Fossils suggest that midwife toads were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake Natrix maura and the large frog Rana perezi.

1996, Trevor Beebee, Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians, page 168:

A key preserved male specimen of the midwife toad was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad.

1997, John T. Burns, Cosmic Influences on Humans, Animals, and Plants: An Annotated Bibliography, page 195:

The midwife toad is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus Alytes (family Discoglossidae). The best-known species is A. obstetricans.

2011, John P. Rafferty, editor, Reptiles and Amphibians, page 218:

Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilised eggs on their backs.


ixoxo

íxoxo (canonical class-5)
ámáxoxo (class-6 plural)

Cognate with Khoekhoe ǁgôab (“bullfrog”).


ixoxo

ī́xoxo (canonical class-5)
amáxoxo (class-6 plural)
ixoxo (singular)
amaxoxo (plural)
lixoxo (singular)
maxoxo (plural)
exoxweni (locative singular)
emaxoxweni (locative plural)
yixoxo (singular)
ngamaxoxo (plural)
wexoxo (possessive singular)
owexoxo (possessive singular)
wamaxoxo (plural possessive)
owamaxoxo (plural possessive)
bexoxo (possessive singular)
abexoxo (possessive singular)
bamaxoxo (plural possessive)
abamaxoxo (plural possessive)
yexoxo (possessive singular)
eyexoxo (possessive singular)
yamaxoxo (plural possessive)
eyamaxoxo (plural possessive)
lexoxo (possessive singular)
elexoxo (possessive singular)
lamaxoxo (plural possessive)
elamaxoxo (plural possessive)
exoxo (possessive singular)
awexoxo (possessive singular)
amaxoxo (plural possessive)
awamaxoxo (plural possessive)
sexoxo (possessive singular)
esexoxo (possessive singular)
samaxoxo (plural possessive)
esamaxoxo (plural possessive)
zexoxo (possessive singular)
ezexoxo (possessive singular)
zamaxoxo (plural possessive)
ezamaxoxo (plural possessive)
lwexoxo (possessive singular)
olwexoxo (possessive singular)
lwamaxoxo (plural possessive)
olwamaxoxo (plural possessive)
obexoxo (possessive singular)
obamaxoxo (plural possessive)
kwexoxo (possessive singular)
okwexoxo (possessive singular)
kwamaxoxo (plural possessive)
okwamaxoxo (plural possessive)


баҕа

head

баҕа • (bağa)

sah-noun

баҕа • (bağa)


loscann

head

loscann m (genitive singular loscainn, nominative plural loscainn)

loscainn (genitive singular)
loscainn (nominative plural)
loscann (indefinite nominative singular)
loscainn (indefinite nominative plural)
a loscainn (indefinite singular vocative)
a loscanna (indefinite plural vocative)
loscainn (genitive indefinite singular)
loscann (genitive indefinite plural)
loscann (dative indefinite singular)
loscainn (dative indefinite plural)
an loscann (definite nominative singular)
na loscainn (definite nominative plural)
an loscainn (definite genitive singular)
na loscann (definite genitive plural)
leis an loscann (dative definite singular)
don loscann (dative definite singular)
leis na loscainn (dative definite plural)
loscán (alternative)

/ˈl̪ˠɔsˠkən̪ˠ/

/ˈl̪ˠʌsˠkən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Scottish Gaelic losgann).


kururu

Nheengatu: kururú

Portuguese: → cururu, ⇒ sapo-cururu

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kururu.
Cognate with Guaraní kururu.

etymon

Rhinella marina
Rhinella marina#Translingual

true toad. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:

Anjo. Baepe que tuj opica? / Andira ruâpee. / Panama, coipo guaiquica? / enero, cururu açica? / eri, carigueya e. / Ejori / baenẽ baepoxi / bora, miaratacaca / ceboi, tamarutaca
ſarau[aya] — Xepoeirai, xeropecij / auye, teume xemombaca.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 71, lines 483–493; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 133:

Angel: What is here, lying still? Is it a bat, a butterfly or a short-tailed opossum? Maybe a crippled toad? Ay opossum! Come, you stinky, nasty thing, stingless bee, skunk, worm, mantis shrimp.
Saraûaîa: I'm tired, I'm sleepy. Enough! Don't wake me up!

Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CXV, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 266: “cururús [kururu]”

Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 253v: “Courourou [Kururu]”

anonymous author (1622) “Sapo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 113: “Cururu [Kururu]”

Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Medicina Brasiliensi, book 3, chapter 1 (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 46: “Cururu [Kururu]”


affa

affen (plural)
affa (nominative singular)
affen (definite nominative plural)
affa (accusative singular)
affen (accusative definite plural)
affen (dative singular)
affen (dative definite plural)

De affa ist an óarnes badar nöotighes zèchle; töotets net.

The toad is an ugly but useful little creature; don't kill it.


crapaud-buffle

fr-noun

crapaud-buffle m (plural crapauds-buffles)


xenavidin

(biochemistry) An avidin found in frogs of the genus Xenopus


žubrienka

sk-noun

žubrienka f (genitive singular žubrienky, nominative plural žubrienky, genitive plural žubrienok, declension pattern of žena)

žubrienky (genitive singular)
žubrienky (nominative plural)
žubrienok (genitive plural)
žena (declension-pattern-of)
žubrienka (nominative singular)
žubrienky (nominative plural)
žubrienky (genitive singular)
žubrienok (genitive plural)
žubrienke (dative singular)
žubrienkam (dative plural)
žubrienku (accusative singular)
žubrienky (accusative plural)
žubrienke (locative singular)
žubrienkach (locative plural)
žubrienkou (instrumental singular)
žubrienkami (instrumental plural)


Salamandridae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – true salamanders and newts.

Calotriton

(family): Pleurodelinae, Salamandrinae, Salamandrininae – subfamilies


leyvfroskur

fo-noun

leyvfroskur m (genitive singular leyvfrosks, plural leyvfroskar)

leyvfrosks (genitive singular)
leyvfroskar (plural)
leyvfroskur (indefinite nominative singular)
leyvfroskurin (definite nominative singular)
leyvfroskar (indefinite nominative plural)
leyvfroskarnir (definite nominative plural)
leyvfrosk (accusative indefinite singular)
leyvfroskin (accusative definite singular)
leyvfroskar (accusative indefinite plural)
leyvfroskarnar (accusative definite plural)
leyvfroski (dative indefinite singular)
leyvfroskinum (dative definite singular)
leyvfroskum (dative indefinite plural)
leyvfroskunum (dative definite plural)
leyvfrosks (genitive indefinite singular)
leyvfrosksins (definite genitive singular)
leyvfroska (genitive indefinite plural)
leyvfroskanna (definite genitive plural)

From leyv (“leaves”) + froskur (“frog”).

tree frog (a frog belonging to the taxonomic family Hylidae)


vanligur froskur

vanligur (“common, ordinary”) + froskur (“frog”)

compound

Rana temporaria
Rana temporaria#Translingual

common frog, European common brown frog (a frog of the species Rana temporaria)


kikkert

head

kikkert c (plural kikkerts, diminutive kikkertsje)

kikkerts (plural)
kikkertsje (diminutive)


ропуха

uk-noun

ропу́ха<anml>

ропу́ха • (ropúxa) f animal (genitive ропу́хи, nominative plural ропу́хи, genitive plural ропу́х)

ропу́ха (canonical)
ropúxa (romanization)
ропу́хи (genitive)
ропу́хи (nominative plural)
ропу́х (genitive plural)
ропу́ха (nominative singular)
ропу́хи (nominative plural)
ропу́хи (genitive singular)
ропу́х (genitive plural)
ропу́сі (dative singular)
ропу́хам (dative plural)
ропу́ху (accusative singular)
ропу́хи (accusative plural)
ропу́х (accusative plural)
ропу́хою (instrumental singular)
ропу́хами (instrumental plural)
ропу́сі (locative singular)
ропу́хах (locative plural)
ропу́хо (singular vocative)
ропу́хи (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

ропу́ха<anml>

Borrowed from Polish ropucha, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xorpuxa.


пуголовок

uk-noun

пу́головок<*.anml>

пу́головок • (púholovok) m animal (genitive пу́головка, nominative plural пу́головки, genitive plural пу́головків)

пу́головок (canonical)
púholovok (romanization)
пу́головка (genitive)
пу́головки (nominative plural)
пу́головків (genitive plural)
пу́головок (nominative singular)
пу́головки (nominative plural)
пу́головка (genitive singular)
пу́головків (genitive plural)
пу́головкові (dative singular)
пу́головку (dative singular)
пу́головкам (dative plural)
пу́головка (accusative singular)
пу́головки (accusative plural)
пу́головків (accusative plural)
пу́головком (instrumental singular)
пу́головками (instrumental plural)
пу́головкові (locative singular)
пу́головку (locative singular)
пу́головках (locative plural)
пу́головку (singular vocative)
пу́головки (plural vocative)

uk-ndecl

пу́головок<*.anml>

[ˈpuɦɔɫɔwɔk]

Uk-пуголовок.ogg


obstetrical toad

en-noun

obstetrical toad (plural obstetrical toads)

A European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans, the eggs of which are laid and then carried by the male, entwined around his legs and back.


pobblebonk

Onomatopoeic, after the frog's distinctive call.

Perhaps the most distinctive call in the Calosoma chorus is that of the local Pobblebonk (Limnodynastes dumerili).

1978, Barry P. Moore, Life on Forty Acres: Some Experiences of a Naturalist Living in the Australian Bush, Classey, page 113:

The Cane Toad can be confused with some native frogs including water-holding frogs (Cyclorana species), barred frogs (Mixophyes species) and burrowing species of Limnodynastes, especially the Banjo Frog (or Pobblebonk), Limnodynastes dumerili.

2011, Simon Watharow, Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles, CSIRO Publishing, page 112:

In a good breeding year pobblebonks can be so loud you have to shout above them if you have anything to say[…].

2013, Nick Romanowski, Living Waters, CSIRO Publishing, page 65:

Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes.


tode

todes (plural)
toden (plural)
toode (alternative)
tade (alternative)
tadde (alternative)
toade (alternative)

English: toad

Scots: tade, taid, taed, ted

From Old English *tāde, a shortening of tādie, tādiġe, of uncertain origin. Compared to Old Norse and modern Danish tudse (“toad”), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from a common Proto-Germanic word *tod (“small”), compared to Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaz (“small, frail”) (modern English tidbit) or *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”) (modern English toddle), referring to its short steps.

cog

(rare, alchemy) The remnants of an element used in alchemical transmutation.


mink frog

Because of its strong scent, supposed to resemble that of a mink.

Lithobates septentrionalis, a small frog native to the United States and Canada.


fire-bellied toad

en-noun

fire-bellied toad (plural fire-bellied toads)

fire-bellied toads (plural)
firebellied toad (alternative)

From the bright red- or yellow-and-black patterns on the toads' ventral regions.


shad frog

So called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.

Lithobates pipiens
Lithobates pipiens#Translingual

An American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).


porriwiggle

She went into a peal of laughter. ‘Oh, what is it? Porriwiggle?’ ¶ He grinned. ‘It's what we call a tadpole.’

1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 6, in The Unknown Ajax:


полноглавец

mk-noun

полноглавец • (polnoglavec) m (plural полноглавци)

polnoglavec (romanization)
полноглавци (plural)
полноглавец (indefinite singular)
полноглавци (indefinite plural)
полноглавецот (definite singular unspecified)
полноглавците (definite plural unspecified)
полноглавецов (definite proximal singular)
полноглавциве (definite plural proximal)
полноглавецон (definite distal singular)
полноглавцине (definite distal plural)
полноглавецу (singular vocative)
полноглавци (plural vocative)
полноглавеца (count-form plural)

mk-decl-noun-table

полноглавецот

полноглавецов

полноглавецон

полноглавецу

полноглавецје

полноглавците

полноглавциве

полноглавцине

полноглавеца

[pɔɫˈnɔɡɫavɛt͡s]

[pɔɫnɔˈɡɫavɛt͡s]


menobranchus

From the superseded genus name Menobranchus (Harlan, 1824), from Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “to remain”) + βρᾰ́γχῐον (brắnkhĭon, “gill, branchia”), because the external branchiae are permanent, unlike those of some other amphibians.


common frog

A frog of species Rana temporaria, endemic to Europe.


salamandar

head

salamandar m (genitive singular salamandair, nominative plural salamandair)

salamandair (genitive singular)
salamandair (nominative plural)
salamandar (indefinite nominative singular)
salamandair (indefinite nominative plural)
a salamandair (indefinite singular vocative)
a salamandara (indefinite plural vocative)
salamandair (genitive indefinite singular)
salamandar (genitive indefinite plural)
salamandar (dative indefinite singular)
salamandair (dative indefinite plural)
an salamandar (definite nominative singular)
na salamandair (definite nominative plural)
an salamandair (definite genitive singular)
na salamandar (definite genitive plural)
leis an salamandar (dative definite singular)
don salamandar (dative definite singular)
leis na salamandair (dative definite plural)
salamandar
shalamandar
tsalamandar


salamandar

sh-noun

salamàndar m (Cyrillic spelling салама̀ндар)

salamàndar (canonical masculine)
салама̀ндар (Cyrillic)
salamandar (nominative singular)
salamandri (nominative plural)
salamandra (genitive singular)
salamandara (genitive plural)
salamandaru (dative singular)
salamandarima (dative plural)
salamandara (accusative singular)
salamandare (accusative plural)
salamandaru (singular vocative)
salamandari (plural vocative)
salamandaru (locative singular)
salamandarima (locative plural)
salamandarom (instrumental singular)
salamandarima (instrumental plural)

From German Salamander, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σᾰλᾰμάνδρα (sălămándra).


madfall ddŵr

madfallod dŵr (plural)
madfall ddŵr
fadfall ddŵr (soft)

From madfall (“lizard”) + dŵr (“water”); literally "water lizard".


frogness

Rather than empathy with what I might imagine a snake or frog might feel, I was sufficiently absorbed in snakeness and frogness as to wonder how the humans around me might feel.

1988, Stanislav Grof, The Adventure of Self-Discovery, page 58:

I am obligated to explain frogness at this point, but I will let it go for now, lest we be led into a discussion regarding instinct and into speculations on nature you might have felt lurking in the original question the minute you saw it.

1998, Sondra Horton Fraleigh, Penelope Hanstein, Researching Dance: Evolving Modes of Inquiry, page 198:

Just as in Roux's case, it takes work to learn to use a frog, and more work still to strip it of its frogness and transform it into a standard organism that works the same as all other species.

the state, quality, or condition of a frog.


perereca

/pɛ.ɾɛˈɾɛ.kɐ/

/pɛ.ɾɛˈɾɛ.kɐ/

From Old Tupi (îu'i)perereka (“tree frog”).


samandarin

Salamandra salamandra
Salamandra salamandra#Translingual

The main steroidal alkaloid of the skin glands of the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). It is extremely toxic.


sa giông

[saː˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʂaː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[saː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʂaː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[saː˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]


kì giông

[ki˨˩ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[kɪj˦˩ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[kɪj˨˩ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

Perhaps from a dialectal (likely northern) pronunciation of kì nhông (“iguana”).


cá cóc

[kaː˨˩˦ kawk͡p̚˦˧˥]


manh giông

[majŋ̟˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[mɛɲ˧˧ jəwŋ͡m˧˧]

manh + giông (“salamander”); the first element is the Sino-Vietnamese word from 盲 (“blind”).
Most likely derived from Chinese 盲螈 (manh nguyên, “blind salamander”), with Sinitic 螈 (nguyên) being replaced by native giông while still keeping Chinese head-final structure. The result of regular calqueing would be *(kì) giông mù.


cá cóc Tam Đảo

[kaː˧˦ kawk͡p̚˧˦ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˩]

[kaː˨˩˦ kawk͡p̚˦˧˥ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˧˨]

[kaː˦˥ kawk͡p̚˦˥ taːm˧˧ ʔɗaːw˨˩˦]


močerad

močerȁd (animate canonical masculine)
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močeràd (nominative singular)
močeráda (dual nominative)
močerádi (nominative plural)
močeráda (genitive singular)
močerádov (dual genitive)
močerádov (genitive plural)
močerádu (dative singular)
močerádoma (dative dual)
močerádom (dative plural)
močeráda (accusative singular)
močeráda (accusative dual)
močeráde (accusative plural)
močerádu (locative singular)
močerádih (dual locative)
močerádih (locative plural)
močerádom (instrumental singular)
močerádoma (dual instrumental)
močerádi (instrumental plural)

From móča + ràd.
Compare typologically Bulgarian дъждовник (dǎždovnik), Serbo-Croatian даждевњак.


疥蛤蟆

ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄏㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄚ

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xä³⁵ mä³/

/kaːi̯³³ haː²¹ maː²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ xä³⁵ mä³/

/kaːi̯³³ haː²¹ maː²¹/


poison arrow frog

en-noun

poison arrow frog (plural poison arrow frogs)


water-salamander

From water + salamander. Compare Dutch watersalamander (“newt”).

(zoology) Any salamander (Order Urodela) which habitually or permanently lives in water.


land-salamander

land-salamanders (plural)
land salamander (alternative)

From land + salamander. Compare Dutch landsalamander, German Landsalamander.

They think they can turn him into something rich and strange —turn him in a single generation—even as certain ingenious experimentalists turned what Nature meant for a land-salamander into a water-salamander, with new ruddertail and gills instead of lungs and feet suppressed, by feeding him with water animals in oxygenated water and cajoling his functions.

1888, The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts

A salamander (Order Caudata) that habitually or permanently lives its life on land.

A name given to the terrestrial phase of a newt; eft.


殿様蛙

ja-noun

殿(との)様(さま)蛙(がえる) or 殿様蛙(トノサマガエル) • (tonosamagaeru)

殿様蛙 (canonical)
殿様蛙 (canonical)
tonosamagaeru (romanization)

dark-spotted frog, Pelophylax nigromaculatus (formerly Rana nigromaculata)


pebble toad

Oreophrynella nigra, a South American toad that can fold up its limbs and roll down a slope when threatened.


тритон

bg-noun

трито́н • (tritón) m

трито́н (canonical)
tritón (romanization)
трито́н (indefinite singular)
трито́ни (indefinite plural)
трито́нът (definite singular subjective)
трито́ните (definite plural subjective)
трито́на (definite objective singular)
трито́ните (definite objective plural)
трито́на (count-form plural)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn) - Greek demigod of the sea, with an upper body of a man and a lower body of a fish.

newt (tailed amphibian of genus Triturus)


тритон

ru-noun+

трито́н • (tritón) m anim (genitive трито́на, nominative plural трито́ны, genitive plural трито́нов)

трито́н (canonical)
tritón (romanization)
трито́на (genitive)
трито́ны (nominative plural)
трито́нов (genitive plural)
трито́н (nominative singular)
трито́ны (nominative plural)
трито́на (genitive singular)
трито́нов (genitive plural)
трито́ну (dative singular)
трито́нам (dative plural)
трито́на (accusative singular)
трито́нов (accusative plural)
трито́ном (instrumental singular)
трито́нами (instrumental plural)
трито́не (prepositional singular)
трито́нах (plural prepositional)


Dutch nightingale

en-noun

Dutch nightingale (plural Dutch nightingales)

Dutch (“imitation, poor substitute”) + nightingale.


Titicaca water frog

Titicaca water frog (plural Titicaca water frogs)

Telmatobius culeus, a large frog found around Lake Titicaca in South America.


microsaur

Any of the order †Microsauria of extinct lepospondyl amphibians.


European toad

A common European toad, of the species Bufo bufo.


abinieks

abinieks (nominative singular)
abinieki (nominative plural)
abinieka (genitive singular)
abinieku (genitive plural)
abiniekam (dative singular)
abiniekiem (dative plural)
abinieku (accusative singular)
abiniekus (accusative plural)
abinieku (instrumental singular)
abiniekiem (instrumental plural)
abiniekā (locative singular)
abiniekos (locative plural)
abiniek (singular vocative)
abinieki (plural vocative)

Coined in 1860-70 (author undetermined) from abi (“both”) + -nieks, following the model of Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφί (amphí, “of both kinds”) and βίος (bíos, “life”). This word quickly replaced earlier proposed forms like abejāds and abejādnieks.

astaini, bezastaini abinieki

abinieku oliņas, kāpuri

abinieki ir tādi dzīvnieki, kas dzīvo gan ūdenī, gan uz sauszemes, kā, piemēram, vardes

amphibians are the animals that live both in water and on dry land, such as, for example, frogs

vairums abinieku sugu ir derīgi dzīvnieki, jo tie iznīcina lauksaimniecībai kaitīgus kukaiņus

most species of amphibians are useful animals, because they destroy insects that are harmful to agriculture

amphibian (vertebrates of the class Amphibia that live both on land and in water)


大山椒魚

ja-noun

大(おお)山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) or 大山椒魚(オオサンショウウオ) • (ōsanshōuo) ^(←おほさんせううを (ofosanseuuwo) or オホサンセウウヲ (ofosanseuuwo)?)

大山椒魚 (canonical)
大山椒魚 (canonical)
ōsanshōuo (romanization)
ofosanseuuwo (romanization)
おほさんせううを (hiragana historical)
オホサンセウウヲ (hiragana historical)

[o̞ːsã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

大(おお) (ō, “big”) + 山椒魚(さんしょううお) (sanshōuo, “primitive salamander”)

ja-compound

Japanese giant salamander
Japanese giant salamander

a Japanese giant salamander, Andrias japonicus

ja:オオサンショウウオ


山椒魚

ja-noun

山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) or 山椒魚(サンショウウオ) • (sanshōuo) ^(←さんせううを (sanseuuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuuwo)?)

山椒魚 (canonical)
山椒魚 (canonical)
sanshōuo (romanization)
sanseuuwo (romanization)
さんせううを (hiragana historical)
サンセウウヲ (hiragana historical)

[sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

山(さん)椒(しょう) (sanshō, “Japanese pepper”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).

ja-compound

a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid


chorus frog

Any of the frogs of the genus Pseudacris, which produce a repeated rasping trill.


rosnička

rosnička (nominative singular)
rosničky (nominative plural)
rosničky (genitive singular)
rosniček (genitive plural)
rosničce (dative singular)
rosničkám (dative plural)
rosničku (accusative singular)
rosničky (accusative plural)
rosničko (singular vocative)
rosničky (plural vocative)
rosničce (locative singular)
rosničkách (locative plural)
rosničkou (instrumental singular)
rosničkami (instrumental plural)


Proteidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – aquatic salamanders, all but the olm, among extant species, native to North America.


frogsicle

When spring comes, the frogsicle defrosts and shivers back to life.

1997, James Martin, Frogs, Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:

Some frogs can become frogsicles and still live! The North American wood frog can withstand brutal winters.

2005, Aimee H. Bakken, What's Inside a Frog, Tangerine Press/Scholastic, →ISBN:

The Canadian wood frog turns into a frozen frogsicle every winter […]

2008, William Hanson, The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives, Palgrave Macmillan, published 2009, →ISBN, page 182:

(informal, humorous) A cold or frozen frog.


žabka

žabička (diminutive)
žabka (nominative singular)
žabky (nominative plural)
žabky (genitive singular)
žabek (genitive plural)
žabce (dative singular)
žabkám (dative plural)
žabku (accusative singular)
žabky (accusative plural)
žabko (singular vocative)
žabky (plural vocative)
žabce (locative singular)
žabkách (locative plural)
žabkou (instrumental singular)
žabkami (instrumental plural)


broatec

broateci (plural)
broatec (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
broatecul (accusative definite nominative singular)
broateci (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
broatecii (accusative definite nominative plural)
broatec (indefinite singular)
broatecului (definite singular)
broateci (indefinite singular)
broatecilor (definite plural)
broatecule (singular vocative)
broatecilor (vocative)


kajutukalu

[Itsautaku:] Ojonainhapai kajutukalu wi han!

[Mukura:] WEK-e-pe!

[Itsautaku:] Ojonainhapai yiu han. Itsapai katihan. KajutuKALuwi. Mohonjapai ojonain ipitsi miu. Mohonjapai ojonain owananainyein yiu. Mohonjapai ojonain ipitsi miu.

[Mukura:] Okuapitsa.

[It] is red [all over] here [speaker gestures to indicate his biceps]. [It] is red here [from] its former [red macaw-feather] armbands. [It] is red here, as well [indicates his legs].

[Itsautaku:] Katanainhapai weruyapai ipitsi whun. Katanainha mo ... HONjapai, ojonain hyan moHONjapai ojonain — iyukulatoyein yiu. MoHONjapai. Katanai weru— [rubs face] —yapai kalaiyiu whun, mapa isitya ou whun, mapa isitya ou whun. Mapa isitya... Itsakala putakapai kala sekunya, kala weru-YA-pai. Itsapakala akainya pumapai ipitsi, isitya. Ehen. We-RU-ya-pai. Awojotakutiu. [Storyteller:] Right around these parts is [the very same] frog! [Listener:] Really BIG! [Storyteller:] Right around here. [It] is like this [indicates size]. [A big old ugly] frog. [The adjectives are implied by his emphatic use of a tone for the grotesque or repulsive.]

[Listener:] Its [former] leg bindings.
[Storyteller:] There [it] is yellow [indicates his face]. There [it] is all ... RED, here it is RED — its former body paint ... Red. Here [it] is really yel— [rubs his palms down over his face, showing how the honey poured down over the face of the man who drowned] —low from [the] beebread. From [the] beebread. [The] beebread.
[Aside to anthropologist:] [It] is [the] very same [stuff] you tasted long ago, that [golden] yellow [stuff]. "Tastes like piqui mash," you remarked about it, [about the] beebread. [Sucks in breath.] Yes. Really yellow. [It] completely covered [that frog].

Sapo-rana llanero (Leptodactylus latrans)


Chrott

head

Chrott f (plural Chrotte, diminutive Chröttli)

Chrotte (plural)
Chröttli (diminutive)
Chrotte (alternative)

From Middle High German krotte, kröte, krëte, from Old High German chrota, krota, kreta (“toad”), from Proto-West Germanic *krodu (“toad”), from Proto-Indo-European *guredʰ- (“toad”).


ễnh ương

[ʔəjŋ̟˦ˀ˥ ʔɨəŋ˧˧]

[ʔen˧˨ ʔɨəŋ˧˧]

[ʔəːn˨˩˦ ʔɨəŋ˧˧]

Probably onomatopoeic. Compare Thai อึ่งอ่าง (ʉ̀ng-àang).


Lưỡng cư

[lɨəŋ˦ˀ˥ kɨ˧˧]

[lɨəŋ˧˨ kɨ˧˧]

[lɨəŋ˨˩˦ kɨ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兩 (“double”) and 居 (“to dwell”). Compare Chinese 兩棲 /两栖 (lưỡng tê).


batracian

batracieni (plural)
batracian (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
batracianul (accusative definite nominative singular)
batracieni (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
batracienii (accusative definite nominative plural)
batracian (indefinite singular)
batracianului (definite singular)
batracieni (indefinite singular)
batracienilor (definite plural)
batracianule (singular vocative)
batracienilor (vocative)


salamandră

salamandre (plural)
salamandră (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
salamandra (accusative definite nominative singular)
salamandre (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
salamandrele (accusative definite nominative plural)
salamandre (indefinite singular)
salamandrei (definite singular)
salamandrelor (definite plural)
salamandră (singular vocative)
salamandro (singular vocative)
salamandrelor (vocative)


penis snake

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-penis snake.wav

From its phallic appearance; it is, however, an amphibian, not a snake.

Atretochoana eiselti, a caecilian of Brazil.


amfībija

amfībija (nominative singular)
amfībijas (nominative plural)
amfībijas (genitive singular)
amfībiju (genitive plural)
amfībijai (dative singular)
amfībijām (dative plural)
amfībiju (accusative singular)
amfībijas (accusative plural)
amfībiju (instrumental singular)
amfībijām (instrumental plural)
amfībijā (locative singular)
amfībijās (locative plural)
amfībija (singular vocative)
amfībijas (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφί (amphí, “of both kinds”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).

augstākajiem mugurkaulniekiem audu atjaunošanās spējas nebūt nav zemākas, bet dažos gadījumos pat augstākas nekā zemākajiem mugurkaulniekiem - amfībijām

the higher vertebrates have a not insignificant skin regeneration capacity, and in some cases even higher than that of lower verbetrates: the amphibians


pinkletink

(New England) Pseudacris crucifer, the spring peeper.


Atlantic Coast leopard frog

en-noun

Atlantic Coast leopard frog (plural Atlantic Coast leopard frogs)

A true frog of the species Rana kauffeldi, native to the lower Delaware River valley, northern New Jersey, and southeastern New York.


urodelan

(zoology) Any member of the order Urodela (syn. of Caudata); a salamander.


shapulicë

sq-noun

shapulicë f (plural shapulica, definite shapulica, definite plural shapulicat)

shapulica (plural)
shapulica (definite)
shapulicat (definite plural)

Either a variation of zhapi, influenced by Romanian șopârlă, or a substrate word related to a corresponding Vasconic term (compare Spanish sapo).


fulterëz

Diminutive in -ëz ~ zë of fultere (“skillet, frying pan”).


unka

unkák (plural)
unka (nominative singular)
unkák (nominative plural)
unkát (accusative singular)
unkákat (accusative plural)
unkának (dative singular)
unkáknak (dative plural)
unkával (instrumental singular)
unkákkal (instrumental plural)
unkáért (causal-final singular)
unkákért (causal-final plural)
unkává (singular translative)
unkákká (plural translative)
unkáig (singular terminative)
unkákig (plural terminative)
unkaként (essive-formal singular)
unkákként (essive-formal plural)
unkában (inessive singular)
unkákban (inessive plural)
unkán (singular superessive)
unkákon (plural superessive)
unkánál (adessive singular)
unkáknál (adessive plural)
unkába (illative singular)
unkákba (illative plural)
unkára (singular sublative)
unkákra (plural sublative)
unkához (allative singular)
unkákhoz (allative plural)
unkából (elative singular)
unkákból (elative plural)
unkáról (delative singular)
unkákról (delative plural)
unkától (ablative singular)
unkáktól (ablative plural)
unkáé (singular)
unkáké (plural)
unkáéi (singular)
unkákéi (plural)
unkám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
unkáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
unkád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
unkáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
unkája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
unkái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
unkánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
unkáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
unkátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
unkáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
unkájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
unkáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Probably borrowed from German Unke (“fire-bellied toad, Bombina sp.”).

bor

(frogs) any toad in the family Bombinatoridae, i.e., toads of the genera Bombina and Barbourula, but especially fire-bellied toads


cuoppu

cuoppu (nominative singular)
cūbbot (nominative plural)
cūbbo (accusative singular)
cūbbuid (accusative plural)
cūbbo (genitive singular)
cūbbuid (genitive plural)
cūbbui (illative singular)
cūbbuide (illative plural)
cūbbos (locative singular)
cūbbuin (locative plural)
cūbbuin (comitative singular)
cūbbuiguin (comitative plural)
cuoppun (essive)
cūbbon (first-person possessive singular)
cūbbome (dual first-person possessive)
cūbbomet (first-person plural possessive)
cūbbot (possessive second-person singular)
cūbbode (dual possessive second-person)
cūbbodet (plural possessive second-person)
cūbbos (possessive singular third-person)
cūbboska (dual possessive third-person)
cūbboset (plural possessive third-person)


田雞

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiɛn²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/hen²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈtʰiɛn²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴²/

/di²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

/tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiɛn²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn²¹ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

/hen²² kai³³⁻³³⁵/

/ˈtʰiɛn²⁴ t͡ɕi⁴²/

/di²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Frogs are called “chicken of the field” due to the similarity in taste, per Compendium of Materia Medica first attested in the 1578 CE:
:
Compare Vietnamese gà đồng (literally “field chicken”).

cog

The Southerners had them as food, found their meat to be similar to chicken, and therefore called them “field chicken”.

The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

Nánrén shí zhī, hū wéi tiánjī, yún ròuwèi rú jī yě.

南人食之，呼為田雞，云肉味如雞也。

南人食之，呼为田鸡，云肉味如鸡也。

Frog is a type of high-protein and low-fat food, suitable for patients of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, as well as people who are physically weak, to replenish their nutrients.

Tiánjī shǔyú gāo dànbái, dī zhīfáng de shícái, shìhé dòngmài yìnghuà, xīnxuèguǎn jíbìng huànzhě, hé tǐzhì xūruò zhě bǔchōng yíngyǎng.

田雞屬於高蛋白、低脂肪的食材，適合動脈硬化、心血管疾病患者，和體質虛弱者補充營養。

田鸡属于高蛋白、低脂肪的食材，适合动脉硬化、心血管疾病患者，和体质虚弱者补充营养。

frog (amphibian); more specifically the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus chinensis, syn. Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) (Classifier: 隻／只)


amfaibiach

head

amfaibiach m (genitive singular amfaibiaigh, nominative plural amfaibiaigh)

amfaibiaigh (genitive singular)
amfaibiaigh (nominative plural)
amfaibiach (indefinite nominative singular)
amfaibiaigh (indefinite nominative plural)
a amfaibiaigh (indefinite singular vocative)
a amfaibiacha (indefinite plural vocative)
amfaibiaigh (genitive indefinite singular)
amfaibiach (genitive indefinite plural)
amfaibiach (dative indefinite singular)
amfaibiaigh (dative indefinite plural)
an t-amfaibiach (definite nominative singular)
na hamfaibiaigh (definite nominative plural)
an amfaibiaigh (definite genitive singular)
na n-amfaibiach (definite genitive plural)
leis an amfaibiach (dative definite singular)
don amfaibiach (dative definite singular)
leis na hamfaibiaigh (dative definite plural)
amfaibiach
n-amfaibiach
hamfaibiach
t-amfaibiach

From Latin amphibius (from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), from ἀμφι- (amphi-, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)) + -ach.


cabezudo

cabezudos (plural)
cabeçudo (alternative)

[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]

[kɑ.β̞eˈθu.ð̞ʊ]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabezudo (first attested in 1276). By surface analysis, cabeza (“head”) + -udo.

surf

a traditional mask representing a personage with oversized head


batracio

es-adj

batracio (feminine batracia, masculine plural batracios, feminine plural batracias)

batracia (feminine)
batracios (masculine plural)
batracias (feminine plural)


pleurodeline

It is proportionally smaller than in any other pleurodeline, extant or extinct.

2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any newt of the subfamily Pleurodelinae.


Ambystomatidae

A taxonomic family within the order Caudata – certain salamanders.


corroboree frog

en-noun

corroboree frog (plural corroboree frogs)

A small, ground-dwelling frog: Pseudophryne corroboree (southern corroboree frog) or Pseudophryne pengilleyi (northern corroboree frog), native to Southern Tablelands of Australia.


井守

ja-noun

井(い)守(もり) or 井守(イモリ) • (imori) ^(←ゐもり (wimori) or ヰモリ (wimori)?)

井守 (canonical)
井守 (canonical)
imori (romanization)
wimori (romanization)
ゐもり (hiragana historical)
ヰモリ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 井 (i, “well”) + 守り (mori, “protector, guardian”, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 守る moru, “to protect, to guard”).
First cited to roughly 900 CE.

赤腹井守

赤腹井守 アカハライモリ

Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”).

赤腹井守

(historical) a job title in the Edo period and earlier, referring to an assistant to the 井司 (ishi, literally “well boss”), both jobs in charge of aspects of the irrigation system


саламандер

salamander (romanization)
саламандер (indefinite singular)
саламандери (indefinite plural)
саламандерот (definite singular unspecified)
саламандерите (definite plural unspecified)
саламандеров (definite proximal singular)
саламандериве (definite plural proximal)
саламандерон (definite distal singular)
саламандерине (definite distal plural)
саламандеру (singular vocative)
саламандери (plural vocative)
саламандера (count-form plural)

mk-decl-noun-table

саламандерот

саламандеров

саламандерон

саламандерје

саламандерите

саламандериве

саламандерине


дождалец

mk-noun

дождалец • (doždalec) f

doždalec (romanization)
дождалец (indefinite singular)
дождалци (indefinite plural)
дождалецот (definite singular unspecified)
дождалците (definite plural unspecified)
дождалецов (definite proximal singular)
дождалциве (definite plural proximal)
дождалецон (definite distal singular)
дождалцине (definite distal plural)
дождалецу (singular vocative)
дождалци (plural vocative)
дождалеца (count-form plural)


cophyline

(zoology) Any member of the Cophylinae, a subfamily of microhylid frogs.


dicroglossid

(batrachology, zoology) Any member of the Dicroglossidae, a family of frogs.


mountain chicken

en-noun

mountain chicken (plural mountain chickens)

Compound of mountain + chicken. So called because it is a local delicacy, supposed to taste like chicken.

Leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.


サラマンダー

ja:サラマンダー ja:四大精霊


ファイアサラマンダー

ja:ファイアサラマンダー


cave salamander

cave salamander (plural cave salamanders)

Europe's cave salamanders, scientists agree, must havve come form North America. But when, and by which route?

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 127:

Any of several species of salamander that inhabit caves, chiefly of the family Plethodontidae, but also including the olm, Proteus anguinus, often showing adaptations to living in such a lightless environment.

French cave salamander, or Spezia cave salamander

Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus

Big Mouth Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides


בעל זנב

he-noun

בַּעַל זָנָב

בַּעֲלֵי זָנָב

בַּעַל זָנָב • (bá'al zanáv) m (plural indefinite [בַּעַל]]_זָנָב " lang="he">בַּעֲלֵי זָנָב)

בַּעַל זָנָב (canonical)
bá'al zanáv (romanization)
בַּעֲלֵי זָנָב (indefinite plural)


தவளை

From தவ்வு (tavvu, “to hop”, compare தாவு (tāvu)). Cognate with Malayalam തവള (tavaḷa) and Kannada ತವಳ (tavaḷa).


black toad

Anaxyrus exsul, a black-skinned toad with white and tan speckles, found only in parts of Inyo County, California, United States.


ກົບ

From Proto-Tai *kɤpᴰ (“frog”). Cognate with Thai กบ (gòp), Shan ၵူပ်း (kúup), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup), Bouyei gobt, Zhuang goep, Saek กั๊บ.


ဖား

According to MED, an abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.


archaeobatrachian

archaeobatrachians (plural)
archeobatrachian (alternative)

We selected 12 genes for 144 neobatrachian genera and four archaeobatrachian outgroups and performed a phylogenetic analysis using a maximum likelihood algorithm with the rapid bootstrap test.

2015 December 1, “The Gondwana Breakup and the History of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Unveils Two New Clades for Early Neobatrachian Diversification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any primitive frog or toad of the suborder Archaeobatrachia.


discoglossidean

(zoology) Any of the family Discoglossidae of primitive frogs.


neobatrachian

Any frog or toad of the suborder Neobatrachia.


rihcit

rihcit (nominative singular)
rihcihat (nominative plural)
rihciha (accusative singular)
rihcihiid (accusative plural)
rihciha (genitive singular)
rihcihiid (genitive plural)
rihcihii (illative singular)
rihcihiidda (illative plural)
rihcihis (locative singular)
rihcihiin (locative plural)
rihcihiin (comitative singular)
rihcihiiguin (comitative plural)
rihcihin (essive)
rihcihan (first-person possessive singular)
rihciheamẹ (dual first-person possessive)
rihciheamẹt (first-person plural possessive)
rihcihat (possessive second-person singular)
rihciheattẹ (dual possessive second-person)
rihciheattẹt (plural possessive second-person)
rihcihis (possessive singular third-person)
rihciheaskkạ (dual possessive third-person)
rihciheasẹt (plural possessive third-person)


phrynos

la-noun

phrȳnos m (genitive phrȳnī); second declension

phrȳnos (canonical masculine)
phrȳnī (genitive)
phrȳnos (nominative singular)
phrȳnī (nominative plural)
phrȳnoe (nominative plural)
phrȳnī (genitive singular)
phrȳnōrum (genitive plural)
phrȳnō (dative singular)
phrȳnīs (dative plural)
phrȳnon (accusative singular)
phrȳnōs (accusative plural)
phrȳnō (ablative singular)
phrȳnīs (ablative plural)
phrȳne (singular vocative)
phrȳnī (plural vocative)
phrȳnoe (plural vocative)
phrȳnus (alternative)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φρύνος (phrúnos).


diopetes

diopetēs m (genitive diopetis); third declension

diopetēs (canonical masculine)
diopetis (genitive)
diopetēs (nominative singular)
diopetēs (nominative plural)
diopetis (genitive singular)
diopetium (genitive plural)
diopetī (dative singular)
diopetibus (dative plural)
diopetem (accusative singular)
diopetēs (accusative plural)
diopetīs (accusative plural)
diopete (ablative singular)
diopetibus (ablative plural)
diopetēs (singular vocative)
diopetēs (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek διοπετής (diopetḗs, “falling from heaven”).


દેડકું

head

દેડકું • (deḍkũ) n

gu-noun

દેડકું • (deḍkũ) n

deḍkũ (romanization)
દેડકું (nominative singular)
દેડકાં (nominative plural)
દેડકાંઓ (nominative plural)
દેડકા (oblique singular)
દેડકાંઓ (oblique plural)
દેડકા (singular vocative)
દેડકાંઓ (plural vocative)
દેડકે (instrumental singular)
દેડકાંએ (instrumental plural)
દેડકે (locative singular)
દેડકે (locative plural)

Inherited from Sanskrit दर्दुर (dardura, “frog”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European root *dard-. Doublet of દાદુર (dādur) and દાદુરું (dādurũ). Cognate with Hindustani دادر / दादुर (dādur). Wider cognates include Lithuanian dardė́ti (“to rattle”), Welsh godyrddu (“to mumble”).

onomatopoeic

imitative


Batrachia

New Latin Batrachia, formerly a name for the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατραχεια (batrakheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”)

(archaic) A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Lissamphibia – since the late 20th century Batrachia has denoted both tailed and tailless Amphibia: the frogs, toads, salamanders and various extinct forms, but has excluded the caecilians.


chersos

la-noun

chersos m (genitive chersī); second declension

chersī (genitive)
chersos (nominative singular)
chersī (nominative plural)
chersoe (nominative plural)
chersī (genitive singular)
chersōrum (genitive plural)
chersō (dative singular)
chersīs (dative plural)
cherson (accusative singular)
chersōs (accusative plural)
chersō (ablative singular)
chersīs (ablative plural)
cherse (singular vocative)
chersī (plural vocative)
chersoe (plural vocative)

[ˈkʰɛrs̠ɔs̠]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos).


boomkikker

nl-noun

boomkikker m (plural boomkikkers, diminutive boomkikkertje n)

boomkikkers (plural)
boomkikkertje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of boom (“tree”) + kikker (“frog”).

com+

tree frog, any frog of the family Hylidae


thithëlopë

From thith + lopë. According to Albanian belief, they drank cow milk at night.


赤腹井守

ja-noun

赤(あか)腹(はら)井(い)守(もり) or 赤腹井守(アカハライモリ) • (akahara imori) ^(←あかはらゐもり (akafarawimori) or アカハラヰモリ (akafarawimori)?)

赤腹井守 (canonical)
赤腹井守 (canonical)
akahara imori (romanization)
akafarawimori (romanization)
あかはらゐもり (hiragana historical)
アカハラヰモリ (hiragana historical)

赤腹 (akahara, “red belly”) + 井守 (imori, “salamandrid”)

com

a Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster)


赤腹

赤腹 (canonical)
赤腹 (canonical)
akahara (romanization)

ja:アカハラ (曖昧さ回避)

Short for 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire-bellied newt”). (Cynops pyrrhogaster)


ఉరుకుడు కప్ప

te-noun

ఉరుకుడు కప్ప • (urukuḍu kappa) ? (plural ఉరుకుడు కప్పలు)

urukuḍu kappa (romanization)
ఉరుకుడు కప్పలు (plural)


Teichfrosch

de-noun

Teichfrosch m (strong, genitive Teichfrosches or Teichfroschs, plural Teichfrösche)

Teichfrosches (genitive)
Teichfroschs (genitive)
Teichfrösche (plural)
Teichfrosch (nominative singular)
Teichfrösche (definite nominative plural)
Teichfrosches (genitive singular)
Teichfroschs (genitive singular)
Teichfrösche (definite genitive plural)
Teichfrosch (dative singular)
Teichfrosche (dative singular)
Teichfröschen (dative definite plural)
Teichfrosch (accusative singular)
Teichfrösche (accusative definite plural)

/ˈtaɪ̯çˌfʁɔʃ/

Compound of Teich (“pond”) + Frosch (“frog”).

com+

common waterfrog, edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus is a hybrid of the pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and the Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus).


дождовник

mk-noun

дождовник • (doždovnik) m (plural дождовници)

doždovnik (romanization)
дождовници (plural)
дождовник (indefinite singular)
дождовници (indefinite plural)
дождовникот (definite singular unspecified)
дождовниците (definite plural unspecified)
дождовников (definite proximal singular)
дождовнициве (definite plural proximal)
дождовникон (definite distal singular)
дождовницине (definite distal plural)
дождовнику (singular vocative)
дождовници (plural vocative)
дождовника (count-form plural)

mk-decl-noun-table

дождовниците

дождовнициве

дождовницине

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъždževьnikъ (whence also Bulgarian дъждовник (dǎždovnik), Serbo-Croatian даждевњак), from *dъždžь (“rain”). Morphologically дождовен (doždoven) + -ник (-nik).
Compare typologically Slovene močerad.


intulo

zu-noun

íntúlo class 9 (plural ízintúlo class 10)

íntúlo (canonical class-9)
ízintúlo (class-10 plural)
intulo (singular)
izintulo (plural)
ntulo (singular)
zintulo (plural)
entulweni (locative singular)
ezintulweni (locative plural)
yintulo (singular)
yizintulo (plural)
wentulo (possessive singular)
owentulo (possessive singular)
wezintulo (plural possessive)
owezintulo (plural possessive)
bentulo (possessive singular)
abentulo (possessive singular)
bezintulo (plural possessive)
abezintulo (plural possessive)
yentulo (possessive singular)
eyentulo (possessive singular)
yezintulo (plural possessive)
eyezintulo (plural possessive)
lentulo (possessive singular)
elentulo (possessive singular)
lezintulo (plural possessive)
elezintulo (plural possessive)
entulo (possessive singular)
awentulo (possessive singular)
ezintulo (plural possessive)
awezintulo (plural possessive)
sentulo (possessive singular)
esentulo (possessive singular)
sezintulo (plural possessive)
esezintulo (plural possessive)
zentulo (possessive singular)
ezentulo (possessive singular)
zezintulo (plural possessive)
ezezintulo (plural possessive)
lwentulo (possessive singular)
olwentulo (possessive singular)
lwezintulo (plural possessive)
olwezintulo (plural possessive)
obentulo (possessive singular)
obezintulo (plural possessive)
kwentulo (possessive singular)
okwentulo (possessive singular)
kwezintulo (plural possessive)
okwezintulo (plural possessive)


rain frog

(US) A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.

common rain frog

Breviceps acutirostris or Breviceps adspersus


日本雨蛙

ja-noun

日(に)本(ほん)雨(あま)蛙(がえる) or 日本雨蛙(ニホンアマガエル) • (Nihon amagaeru) ^(←にほんあまがへる (nifon'amagaferu) or ニホンアマガヘル (nifon'amagaferu)?)

日本雨蛙 (canonical)
日本雨蛙 (canonical)
nifon'amagaferu (romanization)
にほんあまがへる (hiragana historical)
ニホンアマガヘル (hiragana historical)

日本(にほん) (Nihon, “Japan”) + 雨蛙(あまがえる) (amagaeru, “hylid”)

ja-compound

a Japanese tree frog (Dryophytes japonicus)


雨蛙

ja-noun

雨(あま)蛙(がえる) or 雨蛙(アマガエル) • (amagaeru) ^(←あまがへる (amagaferu) or アマガヘル (amagaferu)?)

雨蛙 (canonical)
雨蛙 (canonical)
amagaeru (romanization)
amagaferu (romanization)
あまがへる (hiragana historical)
アマガヘル (hiragana historical)

[a̠ma̠ɡa̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

雨(あま) (ama, “rain”) + 蛙(かえる) (kaeru, “frog”)

ja-compound

Short for 日本雨蛙 (Nihon amagaeru, “Japanese tree frog”).


Caeciliidae

A taxonomic family within the order Gymnophiona – family of common caecilians.


ormepadde

ormepadda (definite singular)
ormepadden (definite singular)
ormepadder (indefinite plural)
ormepaddene (definite plural)

Any of the species of caecilian; Gymnophiona


Caecilia nigricans

Caecilia + Latin nigricans (“swarthy, black-skinned”)

der

A taxonomic species within the family Caeciliidae – the Rio Lita caecillian.


sqolj

head

sqolj anim (plural sqoljig, obviative sqoljl)


taqtaloq

taqtaloq anim (plural taqtaloqq, obviative taqtaloql)

taqtaloqq (plural)
taqtaloql (obviative)


efete

efetan (nominative plural)
efete (nominative singular)
efetan (nominative plural)
efetan (accusative singular)
efetan (accusative plural)
efetan (genitive singular)
efetena (genitive plural)
efetan (dative singular)
efetum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: evete, efte, eefte, euete, ewte, eute
English: eft
Yola: eft


蛤乸

/kɐp̚³ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚³ naː³⁵/

/kɐp̚⁵ naː³⁵/

乸 may correspond to Proto-Tai *naːᴬ (“paddy field”) (Bauer, 1996).


四跤仔

/si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

/si²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁴¹/

/si¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ a⁵³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien, dated, figurative, offensive) Japanese people; Japs


axoloto

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”).


rana toro

American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)


洞井守

ja-noun

洞(ほら)井(い)守(もり) or 洞井守(ホライモリ) • (horaimori) ^(←ほらゐもり (forawimori) or ホラヰモリ (forawimori)?)

洞井守 (canonical)
洞井守 (canonical)
horaimori (romanization)
forawimori (romanization)
ほらゐもり (hiragana historical)
ホラヰモリ (hiragana historical)

洞 (hora, “cave”) + 井守 (imori, “salamandrid”)


stereospondyl

The sequence of vertebral types led Watson to conclude that the primitive labyrinthodonts, embolomeres, had given rise to the rhachitomes and that these forms had eventually produced the ungainly, doomed stereospondyls.

2005, Dev Raj Khanna, Biology of Amphibia, page 56:

(zoology) Any amphibian of the suborder Stereospondyli.


dissorophoid

This diet appears to have been diversified in two clades of relatively small largeheaded and shortbodied temnospondyls, the zatracheids and dissorophoids.

2014, Rainer R. Schoch, Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates:

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Dissorophoidea.


蠄蟝

/kʰɐm²¹ kʰɵy̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/kʰɐm²¹ kʰɵy̯²¹/

/kʰɐm²¹ kʰɵy̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/kʰɐm²¹ kʰɵy̯²¹/

Probably from 蟾蜍 (MC dzyem dzyo) (Bai, 2003).

(Cantonese, Southern Pinghua, Longdu Min) toad (Classifier: 隻／只 c)


goep

head

goep (Sawndip forms 𮔤 or 𧋉 or 𫊩 or 喼 or 𤞞 or 𰲾 or 蝈, 1957–1982 spelling gɵp)

𮔤 (Sawndip)
𧋉 (Sawndip)
𫊩 (Sawndip)
喼 (Sawndip)
𤞞 (Sawndip)
𰲾 (Sawndip)
蝈 (Sawndip)

From Proto-Tai *kɤpᴰ (“frog”). Cognate with Thai กบ (gòp), Lao ກົບ (kop), Shan ၵူပ်း (kúup), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup), Bouyei gobt, Saek กั๊บ.

frog (especially one that is large and edible)


dvinosaur

(zoology) A member of the Dvinosauria, a clade of primitive semi-aquatic to completely aquatic amphibians.


batrachomorph

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Batrachomorpha</i>

Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:

(zoology) Any animal of the clade Batrachomorpha.


stegocephalian

(zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.


kwaɗo

ha-noun

kwā̀ɗō m (plural kwā̀ɗī, possessed form kwā̀ɗon)

kwā̀ɗō (canonical masculine)
kwā̀ɗī (plural)
kwā̀ɗon (possessed-form)

An areal word, found in both Niger-Congo (e.g. Ga kɔ̃́dɔ̃́ (“frog”)) and Nilo-Saharan (e.g. Temein kwúɗóʔ (“frog, toad”)). The ultimate origin may be ideophonic.

embroidery design in the shape of a half moon


kwaɗo

kwaɗò (canonical masculine)
kwaɗòn (possessed-form)

a kind of sauce, usually made with peanuts


ভেকুলী

bhekuli (romanization)
ভেকুলী (nominative)
ভেকুলীয়ে (nominative)
ভেকুলী (accusative)
ভেকুলীক (accusative)
ভেকুলীলৈ (dative)
ভেকুলীলৈকে (terminative)
ভেকুলীয়ে (instrumental)
ভেকুলীৰে (instrumental)
ভেকুলীৰ (genitive)
ভেকুলীত (locative)
ভেঁকুলী (alternative)
ভেঁক্লী (alternative)
ভেঁকোলা (alternative)
ভেকোলা (alternative)
ভেক (alternative)

as-decl-noun

ভেকুলী / ভেকুলীয়ে

ভেকুলী / ভেকুলীক

ভেকুলীয়ে / ভেকুলীৰে

From Sanskrit ভেক (bheka). Cognate with Odia ଭେକ୍ତା (bhektā, “a kind of fish”), Nepali भ्यागुतो (bhyāguto), Kumaoni भेकानो (bhekāno).


বেং

beṅ (romanization)
বেং (nominative)
বেঙে (nominative)
বেং (accusative)
বেঙক (accusative)
বেঙলৈ (dative)
বেঙলৈকে (terminative)
বেঙে (instrumental)
বেঙেৰে (instrumental)
বেঙৰ (genitive)
বেঙত (locative)

বেঙে / বেঙেৰে

Inherited from Early Assamese বেঙ্গ (beṅgo), from Sanskrit ৱ্যঙ্গ (vyaṅga, “speckled, frog”). Cognate with Chakma 𑄝𑄬𑄋𑄴 (beṅ), Sylheti ꠛꠦꠋ (beṅ), Bengali ব্যাঙ (bêṅ), Odia ବେଁଗ (bẽga).


butete

[bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛʔ]

[bʊˈt̪ɛː.t̪ɛ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butiti. Compare Kapampangan butiti, Maranao botiti & Sangir butiti.

Cleome spinosa
Wikispecies:Cleome spinosa

pufferfish
spiny spiderflower (Cleome spinosa)


海蟾蜍

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

/xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/


美洲巨蟾蜍

ㄇㄟˇ ㄓㄡ ㄐㄩˋ ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄨˊ

Мэйчжоу цзюйчаньчу

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/


甘蔗蟾蜍

ㄍㄢ ㄓㄜˋ ㄔㄢˊ ㄔㄨˊ

ганьчжэ чаньчу

ganʹčžɛ čanʹču

/kän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

/kän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/


蔗蟾蜍

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/


蔗蟾

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/


メキシコサラマンダー

ja-noun

^メキシコ サラマンダー

メキシコ (Mekishiko, “Mexico”) + サラマンダー (saramandā, “salamander”), calque of English Mexican salamander.

af

a Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum)

ja:メキシコサラマンダー


アホロートル

[a̠ho̞ɾo̞ːto̞ɾɯ̟]

From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl, influenced by Spanish ajolote and English axolotl.


半割

半割 (canonical)
半割 (canonical)
hanzaki (romanization)

From 半 (han-, “half-; semi-”) + 割き (saki, “splitting”, from 割く (saku, “to split”)), perhaps so named due to the skin fold along its body.

pre

from <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">割く</i> (saku, “to split”)

Synonym of 大山椒魚 (ōsanshōuo, “Japanese giant salamander”)