tadpole

From Middle English tadpolle, taddepol, equivalent to toad + poll (“head”).

A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.

salamander tadpole

(by extension) The aquatic larva of any amphibian.

A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.


蟈

alt. forms: 蜮 (yù)


蛙

ja-noun

蛙(かえる) or 蛙(カエル) • (kaeru) ^(←かへる (kaferu)?)

蛙 (canonical)
蛙 (canonical)
kaeru (romanization)
kaferu (romanization)
かへる (hiragana historical)

→ Pohnpeian: kairu

Frog
Man'yōshū
Muromachi period
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
Nihon Shoki
Nippo Jisho
ja:カエル
蛙

*⟨kape₁ru⟩ → /kaperu/ → /kaferu/ → /kaweru/ → /kajeru/ → /kaeru/
From Old Japanese.
The Nihon Kokugo Daijiten cites this to the Nihon Shoki of 720, however, that may only be traceable to supplemental glosses added later to the kanbun original.
Spelled phonetically once in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE, where it is used phonetically to spell the name of the maple tree, 楓 (kape₁rute > kaede). Generally regarded as the informal or everyday term for frog, in contrast to the formal or poetic term kawazu (see below).
The ultimate derivation is unclear, with numerous theories. Some of the leading ideas include:
* Cognate with 帰る (kaeru, “to return (to a point of origin)”), from the way that some species of frogs return to their birthplace to spawn
* Cognate with 孵る (kaeru, “to hatch (from an egg)”), in reference to tadpoles
* Derived from onomatopoeia, where kape originally referred to the frog's call, suffixed uncertain element -ru
The phonetic development went through a clear stage where the middle mora was pronounced /je/, as illustrated in the 1603 Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cayeru. This was likely a result of the Muromachi period sound shift, where /we/ shifted to /je/, followed later by /je/ merging into /e/ to produce modern /kaeru/.
Now the most common term for frog.


蛙

蛙 (canonical)
kawazu (romanization)
kafadu (romanization)
かはづ (hiragana historical)

⟨kapadu⟩ → */kapadu/ → /kafad͡zu/ → /kawad͡zu/ → /kawazu/
The more formal or poetic counterpart to kaeru (see above). Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
The ultimate derivation is unclear, but the initial kawa portion (ancient kapa) is very likely 川, 河 (kawa, ancient kapa, “river”).
The phonetic development of the term had already progressed to kawadzu by 1603, as seen in the Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cauazzu.

a frog in a well does not know the great ocean

井の中の蛙大海を知らず: → metaphor of a narrow world view based on limited experience

furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto

1686, 松尾芭蕉 Matsuo Bashō 古池や蛙飛びこむ水の音 ふるいけやかはづとびこむみづのおと (modern kana: ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと)

old pond -- a frog jumps in -- the sound of water

(Noh theater) a specific mask used in certain Noh plays, depicting a drowned person


蛙

⟨kaperu⟩ → /kaperu/ → /kaferu/ → /kaweru/ → /kajeru/ → /kairu/
Sound shift. Existed alongside earlier kayeru in the late 1500s, early 1600s, as seen in the 1603 Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cairu.

(archaic, possibly obsolete) a frog (amphibious animal)


toad

From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.

Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.

1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:

1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
There's a killer on the road / His brain is squirmin' like a toad

An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.


frog

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding term for the English, likewise based on stereotypical food; and Kraut for Germans.

(Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.


fry

From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). The Middle English is attested earlier than the terms in Old French, and the Anglo-Norman forms frie, fry are borrowings from the Middle English.


fry

Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).

unc

obscure


frock

From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).

cog

A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.


ranine

en-adj

ranine (comparative more ranine, superlative most ranine)

more ranine (comparative)
most ranine (superlative)

Relating to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, relating to the region where the swelling occurs, especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein.


ranidaphobia

Now, you have no reason to suffer from ranidophobia – the fear of frogs.

2001 May 22, Kathy Antoniotti, “Make a frog from papier machie and Styrofoam”, in Rome News-Tribune, page T1:

One published case documented a woman who developed ranidaphobia, as it is known, after running over a knot of frogs with a lawn-mower.

2013, Nick Haslam, “What are phobias?”, in The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 231:

However Marinaccio's ranidaphobia may soon be quieted, as Clarence, N.Y., recently awarded him a $1.6 million settlement after he sued both the town and development firm Kieffer Enterprises for diverting the water runoff from a nearby development onto his land.

2013 April 10, Derek Prall, “Man sues town over plague of frogs”, in American City & County:


frosh

(colloquial, plural "froshes") Short for frosh week.


broască

broaște (plural)
broască (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
broasca (accusative definite nominative singular)
broaște (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
broaștele (accusative definite nominative plural)
broaște (indefinite singular)
broaștei (definite singular)
broaște (indefinite plural)
broaștelor (definite plural)
broască (singular vocative)
broasco (singular vocative)
broaștelor (plural vocative)

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *brosca, from broscus (compare Medieval Latin bruscus), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *frosk. Compare Aromanian broascã. Compare also Albanian breshkë, Old French bruesche, Italian rospo, Milanese Lombard brosco, Ladin rusk.


baki

a frog; a small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops

a toad; an amphibian similar to a frog with shorter back legs and a drier, more ragged skin


bufo

From translingual Bufo marinus (now Rhinella marina), the cane toad, from Latin būfō (“toad”).


tree frog

A frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.


жаба

head

жаба (žaba) f (diminutive жабка or жабочка, augmentative жабиска, related adjective жабов)

žaba (romanization)
жабка (diminutive)
жабочка (diminutive)
жабиска (augmentative)
жабов (adjective)
жаба (nominative singular)
жаби (nominative plural)
жаби (genitive singular)
жабох (genitive plural)
жаби (dative singular)
жабом (dative plural)
жабу (accusative singular)
жаби (accusative plural)
жабу (instrumental singular)
жабами (instrumental plural)
жаби (locative singular)
жабох (locative plural)
жабо (singular vocative)
жаби (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Slovak žaba, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.


Frosch

de-noun

Frosch m (strong, genitive Frosches or Froschs, plural Frösche, diminutive Fröschchen n or Fröschlein n)

Frosches (genitive)
Froschs (genitive)
Frösche (plural)
Fröschchen (diminutive neuter)
Fröschlein (diminutive neuter)
Frosch (nominative singular)
Frösche (definite nominative plural)
Frosches (genitive singular)
Froschs (genitive singular)
Frösche (definite genitive plural)
Frosch (dative singular)
Frosche (dative singular)
Fröschen (dative definite plural)
Frosch (accusative singular)
Frösche (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).
Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (“frog”).


Laubfrosch

de-noun

Laubfrosch m (strong, genitive Laubfrosches or Laubfroschs, plural Laubfrösche)

Laubfrosches (genitive)
Laubfroschs (genitive)
Laubfrösche (plural)
Laubfrosch (nominative singular)
Laubfrösche (definite nominative plural)
Laubfrosches (genitive singular)
Laubfroschs (genitive singular)
Laubfrösche (definite genitive plural)
Laubfrosch (dative singular)
Laubfrosche (dative singular)
Laubfröschen (dative definite plural)
Laubfrosch (accusative singular)
Laubfrösche (accusative definite plural)

/ˈlaʊ̯pˌfʁɔʃ/

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?]; Laub + Frosch.


Kröte

Kröte (genitive)
Kröten (plural)
Kröte (nominative singular)
Kröten (definite nominative plural)
Kröte (genitive singular)
Kröten (definite genitive plural)
Kröte (dative singular)
Kröten (dative definite plural)
Kröte (accusative singular)
Kröten (accusative definite plural)

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


frosk

From Middle English frosk, from Old English frosc, frox (“frog”) and Old Norse froskr (“frog”); both from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, *fruþskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Doublet of frosh.


bullfrog

The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.

American bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus or Rana catesbeiana


paddock

From Middle English paddok, paddoke (“frog; toad”) [and other forms], from pad, pade (“frog; toad”) + -ok (diminutive suffix). Pad, pade is derived from Old English *pada, *padda, padde, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”). The English word is analysable as pad (“(Britain, dialectal) frog; toad”) + -ock (suffix forming nouns, originally with diminutive senses).
Sense 2 (“sledge”) is probably from the supposed resemblance of the object to a frog or toad.

suffix

Where I was wont to ſeeke the honey Bee, / Working her formall rowmes in Wexen frame: / The grieſlie Todeſtoole growne there mought I ſe / And loathed Paddocks lording on the ſame.

1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 49, verso:

Where I was wont to seek the honey bee, / Working her formal rooms in waxen frame: / The grisly toadstool grown there might I see / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.

Padock calls anon: faire is foule, and foule is faire, / Houer through the fogge and filthie ayre.

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 131, column 1:

[F]rom the hall wherein the mourners died / A grey wolf glared, and o'er his head the bat / Hung, and the paddock on the hearth-stone sat.

1870, William Morris, “October: The Man Who Never Laughed Again”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part III, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 240:

(chiefly Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland)


froskur

fo-noun

froskur m (genitive singular frosks, plural froskar)

frosks (genitive singular)
froskar (plural)
froskur (indefinite nominative singular)
froskurin (definite nominative singular)
froskar (indefinite nominative plural)
froskarnir (definite nominative plural)
frosk (accusative indefinite singular)
froskin (accusative definite singular)
froskar (accusative indefinite plural)
froskarnar (accusative definite plural)
froski (dative indefinite singular)
froskinum (dative definite singular)
froskum (dative indefinite plural)
froskunum (dative definite plural)
frosks (genitive indefinite singular)
frosksins (definite genitive singular)
froska (genitive indefinite plural)
froskanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

frog (a small tailless amphibian of the order Anura)


froskur

is-noun

froskur m (genitive singular frosks, nominative plural froskar)

frosks (genitive singular)
froskar (nominative plural)
froskur (indefinite nominative singular)
froskurinn (definite nominative singular)
froskar (indefinite nominative plural)
froskarnir (definite nominative plural)
frosk (accusative indefinite singular)
froskinn (accusative definite singular)
froska (accusative indefinite plural)
froskana (accusative definite plural)
froski (dative indefinite singular)
froskinum (dative definite singular)
frosknum (dative definite singular)
froskum (dative indefinite plural)
froskunum (dative definite plural)
frosks (genitive indefinite singular)
frosksins (definite genitive singular)
froska (genitive indefinite plural)
froskanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse froskr, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”). Sense #2 is semantic loan from German Frosch.

amphibian; an animal; amphibian; an animal


peeper

An animal, such as some frogs, having a shrill, high-pitched call.


cane toad

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(Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous, especially used in rugby league) A person from Queensland; a Queenslander.


grenouille

Inherited from Middle French (g)renouille, from Old French (g)renoille, from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, diminutive from Latin rāna (“frog”).

inh+

grenouille des montagnes à pattes jaunes

il n’y a pas de grenouille qui ne trouve son crapaud

(Louisiana) any small, green frog (e.g., leopard frog, tree frog, etc.)


polliwog

From earlier polwigge, from Middle English polwygle, equal to poll (“head”) + wiggle.

So Tommy sang the following verse: “The cold got worse, The frog got hoarse, Till croaking he scared a polliwog!”

1897, L. Frank Baum, “The Story of Tommy Tucker”, in Mother Goose in Prose:


batrachian

en-adj

batrachian (comparative more batrachian, superlative most batrachian)

more batrachian (comparative)
most batrachian (superlative)

From New Latin Batrachia, former name of the zoological order Anura, from Ancient Greek βατράχεια (batrákheia), neuter plural of adjective from βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).

Anon the minnow-bucket will emit '"batrachian"' sobs.

1905, Eugene Field, Songs And Other Verses:

At this Lena smiled again with that mirthless batrachian grin.

1939, Henry Miller, Tropic of Capricorn, Grove Press, published 1962, page 31:

His batrachian lips pursed into a smile, and he dug again into the honey.

2000 The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, "The Innsmouth Look"
I dig her batrachian lips / Her bulbous eyes and scaly hips

Pertaining to or resembling a frog or toad.


개구리

개굴 (gaegul, “croak”, onomatopoeia) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).
First attested in the Sinjeung yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576, as Middle Korean 개고리 (Yale: kaykwoli).


frog legs

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올챙이

[o̞ʎt͡ɕʰɛŋi]

[o̞ʎt͡ɕʰe̞ŋi]

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 올〮차ᇰ (Yale: wólchàng). Attested thereafter as 올〮차ᇰ이〮 (Yale: wólchàngí) with 이 (-i, nominal suffix).


Xenopus

English: xenobot

New Latin xeno- + -pus, from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Coined by Johann Georg Wagler in Isis von Oken v.20, 1827, p726.

der

Xenopus laevis
Xenopus laevis#Translingual

A taxonomic genus within the family Pipidae – the clawed frogs. The best known species is Xenopus laevis, which is used as a model organism in scientific research.

Xenopus § Species on Wikipedia for species


froggy

en-adj

froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

froggier (comparative)
more froggy (comparative)
froggiest (superlative)
most froggy (superlative)

Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

frog in one's throat
frog in one's throat

Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.


kodok

id-noun

kodok (first-person possessive kodokku, second-person possessive kodokmu, third-person possessive kodoknya)

kodokku (first-person possessive)
kodokmu (possessive second-person)
kodoknya (possessive third-person)


katak

katak (plural katak-katak, first-person possessive katakku, second-person possessive katakmu, third-person possessive kataknya)

katak-katak (plural)
katakku (first-person possessive)
katakmu (possessive second-person)
kataknya (possessive third-person)


coqui frog

Any of the genus Eleutherodactylus of frogs native to the Caribbean, but which have become invasive by introduction outside its natural range.


platanna

[…]leading medical pathologist, Dr Louis P. Bosman, became so concerned at the depletion of the local platanna population that he petitioned the Provincial Administration to introduce protective legislation and to investigate the possibility of the artificial culture of these animals at the Jonkershoek Hatchery.[…]For many years scientists observed that there was only one species of platanna, Xenopus laevis. Dr Walter Rose, who devoted many years of study to the amphibians of the Western Cape, had questioned this, and had eventually became convinced that there was another species, similar in appearance, but smaller, shyer and less aggressive. This he named X. gilli after Dr L. Gill, director of the South African Museum.

1977, Douglas Hey, Water: Source of Life, Oxford University Press, pages 109–110:

Some frogs, like the Platanna (Xenopus laevis), are wholly aquatic, living, feeding and breeding under water.

1990, Louis Liebenberg, A Field Guide to the Animal Tracks of Southern Africa, David Philip Publishers, page 81:

Platannas are found almost permanently in water and can remain submerged for hours without needing to surface.

2008, Rael Loon, Hidden Wonders: The Small 5005 of Southern Africa, Insects, Spiders, Frogs, Reptiles, Jacana Media, page 269:

Any of several clawed frogs of the genus Xenopus which spend most of their time in water and rarely emerge onto land, especially the common platanna, Xenopus laevis.


aga

aga (nominative singular)
agi (nominative plural)
agi (genitive singular)
ag (genitive plural)
adze (dative singular)
agom (dative plural)
agę (accusative singular)
agi (accusative plural)
agą (instrumental singular)
agami (instrumental plural)
adze (locative singular)
agach (locative plural)
ago (singular vocative)
agi (plural vocative)


rospo

Uncertain, possibly derived from Proto-West Germanic *ruspōn (“to make a sound, croak”). Compare Old High German rospōn (“to croak, rustle, chatter”), Middle Low German rospen (“to croak, belch”).


brekekekex

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βρεκεκεκέξ (brekekekéx), coined by Aristophanes in the comedy The Frogs.

lbor

Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs!
How sweet ye sing! would God that I
Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie,
And sun myself to-day
With you! No curtained bride, I ween,
Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen,
Nor tiny fay on emerald green,
Nor silken lady gray,
Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!

1871, John Stuart Blackie, The Musical Frogs:

Iris:
He warbled a plaintive rondo —
Of brekekekex koax —
Chorus:
Koax!
Iris:
The other frogs thought it splendid,
Most splendid —
Chorus:
Most splendid!
Iris:
Applauding him when he ended
With brekekekex koax —
Chorus:

1898, Harry Greenbank, Adrian Ross (lyrics), “A Frog he lived in a Pond”, in A Greek Slave

(nonce word) Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.


frosc

frosc (nominative singular)
froscas (nominative plural)
frosc (accusative singular)
froscas (accusative plural)
frosċes (genitive singular)
frosca (genitive plural)
frosċe (dative singular)
froscum (dative plural)

Middle English: frosk, frosch

English: frosk, frosh

From Proto-West Germanic *frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz.
Cognate with Old Frisian *frosk, Old Saxon *frosk, Old Dutch forsk, Old High German frosc, Old Norse froskr.


crapaud

Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”). Doublet of crappo.

(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A French person.


crapaud

→ English: crapaud

→ Guyanese Creole English: crappo

→ English: crappo

Inherited from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog, toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“hook, claw”) (because of a toad's hooked feet) + -aud. Compare Catalan gripau, Occitan grapaut. Displaced Old French froiz (“toad”), from Old Norse frauðr (“frog”).

la bave du crapaud n’atteint pas la blanche colombe


두꺼비

Usually believed to be equivalent to 두껍— (dukkeop-, “to be thick”) + 이 (-i, noun suffix), referring to the toad's thick skin.
First attested in the Hyang'yak gugeupbang (鄕藥救急方 / 향약구급방), 1236, as Late Old Korean 豆何非 (Yale: *twuhapi). In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 두텁 (Yale: twùthèp), corresponding to Middle Korean 두텁〯다〮 (twuthěptá, “to be thick”). Also attested in the Saseong tonghae (四聲通解 / 사성통해), 1517, as Middle Korean 둗거비〮 (Yale: twùtkèpí), which is the first attestation of a form directly ancestral to the modern.
The ancestral form for the adjectival root “to be thick” *twut.hep ~ twut.kep shows the variation *h ~ k, as shown in many other words. The former gave rise to the Middle Korean words 두텁 (twùthèp), 두텁〯다〮 (twùthěptá), while the latter produced the modern standard form 두껍다 (dukkeopda) with loss of the initial consonant in the cluster t.k.
Alexander Vovin alternatively reconstructs original *kitpe on the strength of the twelfth-century Chinese–Korean wordlist Jilin leishi, which glosses a Korean word transcribed 虼鋪／虼铺 (*kʰit pʰuə̌) as 蟇 (“toad”), and connects this to Tungusic. The *twu- would then be a prefix. This etymology has issues with explaining the twutkep form, however, and Korean scholars have generally not accepted it.

ko-etym-native

specifically the Asiatic toad, Bufo gargarizans


pode

From Middle English pode, pod, podde (“toad”), from a merger of Middle English pade, padde (“toad”) + tode (“toad”), equivalent to a blend of pad + toad.

By God ye be a pretty pode […]


squeaker

An animal that squeaks.
Any of genus Synodontis, of catfish.


coasser

coasser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
coassant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
coassé (participle past)
coasse (first-person indicative present singular)
coasses (indicative present second-person singular)
coasse (indicative present singular third-person)
coassons (first-person indicative plural present)
coassez (indicative plural present second-person)
coassent (indicative plural present third-person)
coassais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
coassais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
coassait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
coassions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
coassiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
coassaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
coassai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
coassas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
coassa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
coassâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
coassâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
coassèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
coasserai (first-person future indicative singular)
coasseras (future indicative second-person singular)
coassera (future indicative singular third-person)
coasserons (first-person future indicative plural)
coasserez (future indicative plural second-person)
coasseront (future indicative plural third-person)
coasserais (conditional first-person singular)
coasserais (conditional second-person singular)
coasserait (conditional singular third-person)
coasserions (conditional first-person plural)
coasseriez (conditional plural second-person)
coasseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
coasse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
coasses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
coasse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
coassions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
coassiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
coassent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
coassasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
coassasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
coassât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
coassassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
coassassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
coassassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
coasse (imperative second-person singular)
coassons (first-person imperative plural)
coassez (imperative plural second-person)


kikker

nl-noun

kikker m (plural kikkers, diminutive kikkertje n)

kikkers (plural)
kikkertje (diminutive neuter)

An onomatopoeia for the frog's sound. From kikken + -er. Compare West Frisian kikkert (“frog”).

a frog, relatively smooth amphibian of the order Anura

a cleat (device used for fastening), especially a nautical cleat


losgann

head

losgann m (genitive singular losgainn, plural losgannan)

losgainn (genitive singular)
losgannan (plural)

/ˈl̪ˠɔs̪kən̪ˠ/

From Old Irish loiscend (“toad, frog”) (compare Irish loscann (“frog; tadpole”)).


お玉杓子

ja-noun

お玉(たま)杓(じゃく)子(し) or お玉杓子(タマジャクシ) • (otamajakushi)

お玉杓子 (canonical)
お玉杓子 (canonical)
otamajakushi (romanization)

御(お) (o, honorific prefix) + 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”) + 杓子(しゃくし) (shakushi, “bamboo ladle”)

ja-compound

ja:お玉杓子 ja:オタマジャクシ


žába

žába (nominative singular)
žáby (nominative plural)
žáby (genitive singular)
žab (genitive plural)
žábě (dative singular)
žabám (dative plural)
žábám (dative plural)
žábu (accusative singular)
žáby (accusative plural)
žábo (singular vocative)
žáby (plural vocative)
žábě (locative singular)
žabách (locative plural)
žábách (locative plural)
žábou (instrumental singular)
žabami (instrumental plural)
žábami (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Old Czech žába, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.


ropucha

ropucha (nominative singular)
ropuchy (nominative plural)
ropuchy (genitive singular)
ropuch (genitive plural)
ropuše (dative singular)
ropuchám (dative plural)
ropuchu (accusative singular)
ropuchy (accusative plural)
ropucho (singular vocative)
ropuchy (plural vocative)
ropuše (locative singular)
ropuchách (locative plural)
ropuchou (instrumental singular)
ropuchami (instrumental plural)

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


ropucha

pl-noun

ropucha f (male equivalent ropuch, diminutive ropuszka)

ropuch (masculine)
ropuszka (diminutive)
ropucha (nominative singular)
ropuchy (nominative plural)
ropuchy (genitive singular)
ropuch (genitive plural)
ropusze (dative singular)
ropuchom (dative plural)
ropuchę (accusative singular)
ropuchy (accusative plural)
ropuchą (instrumental singular)
ropuchami (instrumental plural)
ropusze (locative singular)
ropuchach (locative plural)
ropucho (singular vocative)
ropuchy (plural vocative)

→ Belarusian: рапу́ха (rapúxa)

→ Czech: ropucha

→ Slovak: ropucha

→ Ukrainian: ропу́ха (ropúxa)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xorpuxa, *korpuxa, from *xorpa, *(s)korpa.


froglike

en-adj

froglike (comparative more froglike, superlative most froglike)

more froglike (comparative)
most froglike (superlative)

Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear.

1926, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 19, in The Plumed Serpent, New York: Vintage, published 1955, page 316:

I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it.

1929, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 5, in The Maracot Deep:

a froglike croak

Parsons, Winston's fellow-tenant at Victory Mansions, was in fact threading his way across the room--a tubby, middle-sized man with fair hair and a froglike face.

1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 5:

It was the typical chatter of the moment when each woman was showing off her baby, held against her froglike belly.

1988, Yasunari Kawabata, “Samurai Descendant”, in Lane Dunlop, J. Martin Holman, San Francisco, transl., Palm-of-the-Hand Stories, North Point Press, page 133:

Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog.


Kaulquappe

de-noun

Kaulquappe f (genitive Kaulquappe, plural Kaulquappen)

Kaulquappe (genitive)
Kaulquappen (plural)
Kaulquappe (nominative singular)
Kaulquappen (definite nominative plural)
Kaulquappe (genitive singular)
Kaulquappen (definite genitive plural)
Kaulquappe (dative singular)
Kaulquappen (dative definite plural)
Kaulquappe (accusative singular)
Kaulquappen (accusative definite plural)

15th century; from Middle High German kūle (modern Kaule) "hollow, pond" and *kwappō (“type of fresh-water fish”) (more at *žaba).


smid

nl-noun

smid m (plural smeden, diminutive smidje n)

smeden (plural)
smidje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: smid

Negerhollands: smid

→ Munsee: shumát

→ Papiamentu: smet, smid

→ Sranan Tongo: smeti, smitti

→ Saramaccan: simítima

→ Unami: shëmìt, shmìt

From Middle Dutch smit, from Old Dutch *smith, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz.

the tree frog species Boana faber, whose call resounds like a smith's hammer coming down


batrachotoxin

en-noun

batrachotoxin (countable and uncountable, plural batrachotoxins)

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

compound

(neurotoxicology, uncountable) An extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloid found in poison dart frogs.

(toxicology, countable) Any one of a group of extremely neurotoxic and cardiotoxic steroidal alkaloids found in poison dart frogs, Melyridae beetles, and certain birds.


무당개구리

From 무당 (mudang, “shaman”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).

The Oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis.


leaf frog

Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”).

Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.


작은두꺼비

Literally "small toad," from 작은 (jageun, “small”) + 두꺼비 (dukkeobi, “toad”).


물두꺼비

Literally "water toad," from 물 (mul, “water”) + 두꺼비 (dukkeobi, “toad”).


참개구리

[t͡ɕʰa̠mɡɛɡuɾi]

[t͡ɕʰa̠mɡe̞ɡuɾi]

Literally "true frog," from 참 (cham, “true”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).

The dark-spotted frog, Rana nigromaculata.


산개구리

From 산(山) (san, “mountain”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).


황소개구리

[ɸwa̠ŋsʰo̞ɡɛɡuɾi]

[ɸwa̠ŋsʰo̞ɡe̞ɡuɾi]

From 황소 (hwangso, “bull”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”), a calque of English bullfrog.

An American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana, syn. Rana catesbeiana).


계곡산개구리

Literally "ravine frog," from 계곡 (gyegok, “ravine”) + 산개구리 (san'gaeguri, “Dybowski's frog”).


수원청개구리

[sʰuwʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɡɛɡuɾi]

[sʰuwʌ̹ɲt͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɡe̞ɡuɾi]

Literally "green frog of Suwon," from 수원(水原) (Suwon, “Suwon”) + 청(靑) (cheong, “green”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).


중국산개구리

Literally "Chinese mountain frog," from 중국(中國) (jungguk, “China”) + 산개구리 (san'gaeguri, “Dybowski's frog”).

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The Asiatic grass frog, Rana chensinensis.


금개구리

Literally "gold frog," from 금(金) (geum, “gold”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).


맹꽁이

From 맹꽁 (maengkkong, onomatopoeia of the frog's call) + 이 (-i, noun-deriving suffix).

suffix

the boreal digging toad, Kaloula borealis


청개구리

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɡɛɡuɾi]

[t͡ɕʰʌ̹ŋɡe̞ɡuɾi]

Literally "green frog," from 청(靑) (cheong, “green”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).


아무르산개구리

Literally "Dybowki's frog of the Amur," from 아무르 (amureu, “Amur”) + 산개구리 (san'gaeguri, “Dybowski's frog”).


옴개구리

Literally "mangy frog," from 옴 (om, “mange, scabies”) + 개구리 (gaeguri, “frog”).

A Japanese wrinkled frog (Glandirana rugosa, syn. Rana rugosa).


한국산개구리

Literally "mountain frog of Korea," from 한국(韓國) (han'guk, “Korea”) + 산개구리 (san'gaeguri, “Dybowski's frog”).


ranivore

A frog-eater; a creature that eats frogs.


béka

békák (plural)
béka (nominative singular)
békák (nominative plural)
békát (accusative singular)
békákat (accusative plural)
békának (dative singular)
békáknak (dative plural)
békával (instrumental singular)
békákkal (instrumental plural)
békáért (causal-final singular)
békákért (causal-final plural)
békává (singular translative)
békákká (plural translative)
békáig (singular terminative)
békákig (plural terminative)
békaként (essive-formal singular)
békákként (essive-formal plural)
békában (inessive singular)
békákban (inessive plural)
békán (singular superessive)
békákon (plural superessive)
békánál (adessive singular)
békáknál (adessive plural)
békába (illative singular)
békákba (illative plural)
békára (singular sublative)
békákra (plural sublative)
békához (allative singular)
békákhoz (allative plural)
békából (elative singular)
békákból (elative plural)
békáról (delative singular)
békákról (delative plural)
békától (ablative singular)
békáktól (ablative plural)
békáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
békáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
békáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
békákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
békám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
békáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
békád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
békáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
békája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
békái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
békánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
békáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
békátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
békáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
békájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
békáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Probably borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).


natterjack

A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call.


Unke

Unke (genitive)
Unken (plural)
Unke (nominative singular)
Unken (definite nominative plural)
Unke (genitive singular)
Unken (definite genitive plural)
Unke (dative singular)
Unken (dative definite plural)
Unke (accusative singular)
Unken (accusative definite plural)

→ English: unke

From Middle High German unke (“snake, basilisk”), from Old High German unc (“snake”), from Proto-Germanic *unkwô, *unkwiz (“snake, adder”),
from Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥gʷʰ-, variant of *h₂éngʷʰis (compare Latin anguis, Lithuanian angìs). The sense may have been influenced by obsolete Eutze ‘toad’ (modern Bavarian Hötsch).

inh

Unkenaugen blickten ihn an aus einem fast menschlichen Antlitz, das lange Haar trieb im Wasser wie Gras, ebenso grün und fein.

2005, Cornelia Funke, Tintenblut, →ISBN:

Toad-eyes looked at him from an almost human face, the long hair floated in the water like grass, just as green and fine.

Auch wir Menschen haben unsere Beitrag dazu geleistet, dass diese großen Weidetiere hier verschwunden sind, und wenn wir die Natur jetzt Natur sein lassen, dann gibt es keine Stellen mehr, an die eine Gelbbauchunke ihre Eier legen kann. Denn die Unken legen ihre Eier nicht in Tümpel, weil es dort räuberische Fische gibt.

2022 February 13, Michael Brake, “DJ Dominik Eulberg über die Natur: „Ein Eistaucher vielleicht“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


red-eye

en-noun

red-eye (countable and uncountable, plural red-eyes)

The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus.—Cotton-mouth, Highland Moccasin, Rattlesnake Pilot, Red-eye.

[1905, F. N. Notestein, “The Ophidia of Michigan with an Analytical Key”, in Seventh Report of the Michigan Academy of Science: […], Lansing, Mich.: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., state printers, →OCLC, page 120:

Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon contortrix#Translingual

(countable) Any of various animals that have red eyes.

(US) Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen).


konna

konna (nominative singular)
konnat (nominative plural)
konnan (genitive singular)
konniin (genitive plural)
konnaa (partitive singular)
konnia (partitive plural)
konnaa (illative singular)
konnii (illative plural)
konnaas (inessive singular)
konniis (inessive plural)
konnast (elative singular)
konnist (elative plural)
konnalle (allative singular)
konnille (allative plural)
konnaal (adessive singular)
konniil (adessive plural)
konnalt (ablative singular)
konnilt (ablative plural)
konnaks (singular translative)
konniks (plural translative)
konnanna (essive singular)
konnaan (essive singular)
konninna (essive plural)
konniin (essive plural)
konnant (exessive singular)
konnint (exessive plural)

From Proto-Finnic *konna. Cognates include Finnish konna and Estonian konn.

Konna hyppii. Kissa njaukkuu.

1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:


frogspawn

A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.


ranocchio

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, a diminutive from Latin rāna (“frog”), with a masculine form later becoming more widespread; by surface analysis, rana + -occhio. Compare ranuncolo.


broască râioasă

ro-noun

broască râioasă f (plural broaște râioase)

Literally, “scabby frog”. From broască + râioasă, feminine of râios.


spadefoot

en-noun

spadefoot (plural spadefoots or spadefeet)

Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.

Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)


jakie

(archaic) A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults.


poison dart frog

poison dart frog (plural poison dart frogs)

So called because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.

Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.


froglet

(ethnic slur) A little or insignificant French person.


żaba

żabka (diminutive)
żaba (nominative singular)
żaby (nominative plural)
żaby (genitive singular)
żab (genitive plural)
żabie (dative singular)
żabom (dative plural)
żabę (accusative singular)
żaby (accusative plural)
żabą (instrumental singular)
żabami (instrumental plural)
żabie (locative singular)
żabach (locative plural)
żabo (singular vocative)
żaby (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish żaba, from Proto-Slavic *žaba.


berudu

a young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills


mormoloc

mormoloci (plural)
mormoloc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
mormolocul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mormoloci (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mormolocii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mormoloc (indefinite singular)
mormolocului (definite singular)
mormoloci (indefinite plural)
mormolocilor (definite plural)
mormolocule (singular vocative)
mormolocilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian mrmoljak, from Ancient Greek μορμολύκειον (mormolúkeion), a cognate of Μορμώ (Mormṓ).

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μορμολύκειον


gripau

Unknown derivation, possibly from Occitan grapaut or French crapaud, which both likely derived from Frankish *krappō (“hook”).


కప్ప

చెరువు నిండితే కప్పలు చేరుతవి

When the tank fills, the frogs assemble.


granota

Inherited from Latin rāna + -ota, with uncertain etymology of the initial g-. Compare French grenouille.


kijanka

kijanka (nominative singular)
kijanki (nominative plural)
kijanki (genitive singular)
kijanek (genitive plural)
kijance (dative singular)
kijankom (dative plural)
kijankę (accusative singular)
kijanki (accusative plural)
kijanką (instrumental singular)
kijankami (instrumental plural)
kijance (locative singular)
kijankach (locative plural)
kijanko (singular vocative)
kijanki (plural vocative)

→ Belarusian: кія́нка (kijánka)

→ Czech: kyjanka

→ Russian: кия́нка (kijánka)

→ Slovak: kyjanka, kijanka

→ Ukrainian: кия́нка (kyjánka)

Inherited from Old Polish kijanka, from kijania, kijań. By surface analysis, kij + -an + -ka.

tadpole, polliwog, porriwiggle (young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills)


蝌蚪

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蝌蚪):
* → Japanese: 蝌蚪(かと) (kato)
* → Korean: 과두(蝌蚪) (gwadu)

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛu³³/

/kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

/kʰɤ⁵⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔː⁵⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

/kʰuo⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾lɛu³³/

/kʰue³³⁻²³ tau⁵²/

Then turning round, I see that of the water-worms, crabs, and tadpoles there is not one that can do like me.

Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Xuán hán xiè yǔ kēdǒu, mò wú néng ruò yě.

還虷蟹與科斗，莫吾能若也。

还虷蟹与科斗，莫吾能若也。

tadpole (toad or frog larva) (Classifier: 隻／只 m)


蝌蚪

蝌蚪 (canonical)
kato (romanization)
kwato (romanization)
くわと (hiragana historical)

Synonym of お玉杓子 (otamajakushi, “tadpole”)


Tukeit Hill frog

en-noun

Tukeit Hill frog (plural Tukeit Hill frogs)

A small frog of variable colouration, until recently the only described species in the genus Allophryne, found in South America.


tongueless frog

tongueless frog (plural tongueless frogs)

One of a group of aquatic frogs in the Pipidae family.


litter frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Megophryidae, notable for their camouflage abilities.


tailed frog

A one of two species of frogs in the genus Ascaphus, distinctive by virtue of having what looks like a tail.


painted frog

Any of various frogs with colorful markings:

Discoglossus nigriventer (Hula painted frog), of Palestine.


parsley frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Pelodytidae, of which only genus Pelodytes is extant, some of which have the appearance of being garnished with parsley.


shovelnose frog

shovelnose frog (plural shovelnose frogs)

Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25:

Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.


ghost frog

Compound of ghost + frog. Perhaps because of their occurrence in Skeleton Gorge.

Any of a group of frogs in the family Heleophrynidae, which live in mountain streams in South Africa.


sedge frog

Any in family Hyperoliidae of medium-sized frogs.


marsupial frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Amphignathodontidae, found in Central America and South America.


screeching frog

screeching frog (plural screeching frogs)

Any of a group of frogs in the family Arthroleptidae, with distinctive high-pitched calls.


clawed frog

Any of a group of aquatic carnivorous frogs in the genus Xenopus, which are very small and have small claws.

żaba szponiasta (also refers to xenopus laevis)


glass frog

Any of a group of frogs in the family Centrolenidae, with distinctive light-coloured or translucent skin.


disc-tongued frog

disc-tongued frog (plural disc-tongued frogs)

Today, the common midwife toad can be found from the lowlands of southern Belgium to the sandy wastes of Spain, making it the most successful and widely distributed member of Europe’s oldest surviving vertebrate family, the Alytidae, a group comprising the midwife toads, the disc-tongued frogs, the firebellies and the painted frogs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36:

Any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.


moss frog

A group of tropical frogs in the Rhacophoridae family, mostly arboreal.


Amazon milk frog

Amazon milk frog (plural Amazon milk frogs)

A large frog native to South America, of species Trachycephalus resinifictrix.


long-fingered frog

long-fingered frog (plural long-fingered frogs)

Any of a group of frogs of the genus Cardioglossa.


true frog

Any frog of the large family Ranidae, found worldwide, typically with smooth and moist skin; large, powerful legs; and extensively webbed feet.


Darwin's frog

Rhinoderma darwinii, a species of frog native to Chile and Argentina, with a distinctive feature of raising the tadpoles in the male's vocal sac.


blue-sided leaf frog

blue-sided leaf frog (plural blue-sided leaf frogs)

A species of tree frog native to Costa Rica, Agalychnis annae, noted for the blue stripes running down both of its sides.


Malabar flying frog

Malabar flying frog (plural Malabar flying frogs)

A species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, found in western India, Rhacophorus malabaricus, having the ability to glide due to the webbing between its toes.


vocal sac

The flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs, used for amplification of the voice.

häälepõis

flexible voice-amplifying membrane of male frog


manduco

Borrowed from Konkani [script needed] (māṇḍūk), from Sanskrit मण्डूक (maṇḍūka).

(India, Macau) a species of edible freshwater frog


capgròs

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual

(zoology) flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus


កង្កែប

km-noun

កង្កែប • (kɑɑkɑngkaep)


cullerot

From cullera (“spoon”) + -ot (“a kind of”).


กบ

From Proto-Tai *kɤpᴰ (“frog”). Cognate with Lao ກົບ (kop), Northern Thai ᨠᩫ᩠ᨷ, Tai Nüa ᥐᥨᥙᥱ (kǒp), Shan ၵူပ်း (kúup), Ahom 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (kup), Nong Zhuang gaep gaep, Bouyei gobt, Zhuang goep, Saek กั๊บ. Compare Proto-Be *kupᴰ² (“big frog”).

(zoology) a frog, a tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura.


กบ

ปลา ปลา#Thai

กบบู่ทะเล กบบู่ทะเล#Thai

คางคก คางคก#Thai

ผีหลอก ผีหลอก#Thai

อุบ อุบ#Thai

(zoology) (ปลา~) a scaleless fish of either species Allenbatrachus grunniens (syn.Batrachus grunniens) or Batrachomoeus trispinosus (syn. Halophryne trispinosus), of the family Batrachoididae, also known as กบบู่ทะเล, คางคก (kaang-kók), ผีหลอก, or อุบ (ùp).


กบ

ข้าวอังกุลี ข้าวอังกุลี#Thai

(botany) an annual plant, Geodorum densiflorum, of the genus Geodorum and the family Orchidaceae, having the bulb that looks like a frog, traditionally believed to possess weapon-resistant powers, also known as ข้าวอังกุลี.


llyffant

cy-noun

llyffant m (plural llyffantod or llyffaint)

llyffantod (plural)
llyffaint (plural)
llyffant
lyffant (soft)


broga

brogaed (plural)
brogaod (plural)
broga
froga (soft)
mroga


żabka

żabka (nominative singular)
żabki (nominative plural)
żabki (genitive singular)
żabek (genitive plural)
żabce (dative singular)
żabkom (dative plural)
żabkę (accusative singular)
żabki (accusative plural)
żabką (instrumental singular)
żabkami (instrumental plural)
żabce (locative singular)
żabkach (locative plural)
żabko (singular vocative)
żabki (plural vocative)


anuran

From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”) (from Latin an-, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥- (“un-, not”) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (“backside, buttocks”)) + -n, from Latin -ānus (“of or pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix), from -nus, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós (adjective-forming suffix).

der

The fact that the higher Batrachia go on metamorphosing until several of their structures are so perfect as to require but the gentlest modification to make them fit for the Mammal, does not require one to suppose that the Toad and the Frog lie in the direct route from the Ichthyic to the Mammalian types. That such power of variation, such aptitude for transformation exists in these essential but metamorphic Fish, suggests the probability that some of the very earliest of the Amphibia, filial perhaps to forms far lower than the Lamprey, did not stop at the last metamorphic stage of an Anuran, but changed still further, and thus laid the foundation of the higher classes.

1871, William Kitchen Parker, “VIII. On the Structure and Development of the Skull of the Common Frog (Rana temporaria, L.). By William Kitchen Parker, F.R.S. Received October 10, 1870,—Read January 19, 1871.”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume 161, part I, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, →OCLC, page 202:

Inactivity may dominate an anuran’s life. Spea hammondii in the deserts of southwestern North America spend >90% of their life inactive; they appear explosively and breed with the first heavy summer rains, then feed for 2–3 weeks before becoming inactive for another year.

2001, George R. Zug, Laurie J. Vitt, Janalee P. Caldwell, “Thermoregulation, Performance, and Energetics”, in Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2nd edition, San Diego, Calif., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 191, column 1:

Often the anuran gives a release call, a signal to other anurans that it is either not sexually receptive or is of the wrong sex to be amplexed. The release call may sound similar to a distress call, a vocalization emitted by an anuran in response to predation, but either call may serve to startle a clinician momentarily, by which time the anuran may escape.

2006, Kevin M. Wright, “Overview of Amphibian Medicine”, in Douglas R. Mader, editor, Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders Elsevier, →ISBN, page 947:

(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.


salientian

(biology) Any amphibian of the clade Salientia; frogs and toads, those of order Anura and extinct relatives of other orders.


toadlike

en-adj

toadlike (comparative more toadlike, superlative most toadlike)

more toadlike (comparative)
most toadlike (superlative)


croaker

A fish in the family Sciaenidae, known for the throbbing sounds it makes.


žabák

žabák (nominative singular)
žabáci (nominative plural)
žabáka (genitive singular)
žabáků (genitive plural)
žabákovi (dative singular)
žabáku (dative singular)
žabákům (dative plural)
žabáka (accusative singular)
žabáky (accusative plural)
žabáku (singular vocative)
žabáci (plural vocative)
žabákovi (locative singular)
žabáku (locative singular)
žabácích (locative plural)
žabákem (instrumental singular)
žabáky (instrumental plural)


青蛙

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ua³³/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ua³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ o²¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ wä⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ waː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ua⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰiɪŋ³³ ua³³/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ua³³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ o²¹/

frog, especially true frogs (Classifier: 隻／只)


青蛙

青蛙 (canonical)
青蛙 (canonical)
aogaeru (romanization)

general term for frogs in the family Rhacophoridae


Dendropsophus stingi

A taxonomic species within the family Hylidae – frogs, endemic to Colombia.


varangyos béka

[ˈvɒrɒɲɟoʒbeːkɒ]


African clawed frog

en-noun

African clawed frog (plural African clawed frogs)

Heaven knows what led him to do it, but Hogben found that if you injected an African clawed frog with the urine of a pregnant woman, within hours it would lay eggs.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 283:

A clawed frog found in southern Africa, Xenopus laevis, that has some properties very useful for genetics.


bufotenine

From French bufoténine, from Latin bufo (“toad”) + ten- (uncertain element) + -ine.

In the late 1950s Howard Fabing, a medical doctor, obtained permission to inject bufotenine intravenously into a number of inmates at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 115:

(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.


froggish

en-adj

froggish (comparative more froggish, superlative most froggish)

more froggish (comparative)
most froggish (superlative)

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

Well if you feel froggish
And you wanna hop my gal
Please don't be no fool
'Cause I took you for my pal.

1954, Ike Turner, Brother Bell, If You Feel Froggish:


froggish

(slang, offensive) Resembling or characteristic of a French person.

(slang, offensive) Resembling or characteristic of the French language.


vors

nl-noun

vors m (plural vorsen, diminutive vorsje n)

vorsen (plural)
vorsje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch vorsch, from Old Dutch *frosk, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”). Cognate with German Frosch, West Frisian froask, dialectal English frosh, Icelandic froskur.


ranocchia

Alternative form of ranocchio m (“small frog”)


kikvors

nl-noun

kikvors m (plural kikvorsen, diminutive kikvorsje n)

kikvorsen (plural)
kikvorsje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kikvors

Aan de oever van de Rotte, / Tussen Delft en Overschie, / Zat een kikvors luid te wenen, / Met een zuig'ling op haar knie.

year unknown (but attested as early as 1887), traditional, Aan de oever van de Rotte [On the banks of the Rotte]:

On the banks of the Rotte, / Between Delft and Overschie, / Sat a frog weeping loudly, / With a suckling on her knee.


skokan

skokan (nominative singular)
skokani (nominative plural)
skokana (genitive singular)
skokanů (genitive plural)
skokanovi (dative singular)
skokanu (dative singular)
skokanům (dative plural)
skokana (accusative singular)
skokany (accusative plural)
skokane (singular vocative)
skokani (plural vocative)
skokanovi (locative singular)
skokanu (locative singular)
skokanech (locative plural)
skokanem (instrumental singular)
skokany (instrumental plural)


rainette

→ Portuguese: raineta


croassement

From croasser (“to caw; to croak”) + -ment.


hyla

From the genus name Hyla, from Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, forest”).

uder

I lifted one of the skins from the mortar and held it close to the candle. Even I could recognize it as that of the common hyla tree frog.

1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 153:


muile-mhàg

head

muile-mhàg f (genitive singular muile-mhàige, plural muileachan-màg)

muile-mhàige (genitive singular)
muileachan-màg (plural)


flying frog

Any type of frog with the ability to glide


giant frog

One of a number of species of large frogs.


paradoxical frog

en-noun

paradoxical frog (plural paradoxical frogs)

/ˌpæɹəˈdɒksɪkəl fɹɒɡ/

/ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɑɡ/

/ˌpɛɹəˈdɑːksɪkəl fɹɔɡ/

So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.

Pseudis paradoxa, a species of frog unusual because it is larger as a tadpole (up to 25 cm or 10 in. long) than as an adult (about a quarter of that length).


nuolimyrkkysammakko

nuolimyrkkysammakko (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakot (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakko (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakot (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakon (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakot (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakon (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojen (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiden (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitten (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoa (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoja (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoita (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossa (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissa (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakosta (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoista (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoon (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihin (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihin (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakolla (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoilla (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakolta (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoilta (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakolle (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoille (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkona (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoina (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoksi (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiksi (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakotta (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitta (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoni (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojeni (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoideni (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitteni (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoani (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojani (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitani (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossani (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissani (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakostani (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistani (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkooni (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihini (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihini (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollani (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillani (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltani (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltani (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakolleni (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoilleni (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonani (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinani (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakokseni (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoikseni (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakottani (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittani (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoineni (comitative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkosi (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojesi (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoidesi (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittesi (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoasi (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojasi (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitasi (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossasi (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissasi (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakostasi (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistasi (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoosi (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihisi (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihisi (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollasi (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillasi (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltasi (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltasi (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollesi (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillesi (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonasi (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinasi (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoksesi (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiksesi (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakottasi (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittasi (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinesi (comitative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkomme (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojemme (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoidemme (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittemme (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoamme (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojamme (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitamme (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossamme (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissamme (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakostamme (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistamme (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoomme (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihimme (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihimme (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollamme (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillamme (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltamme (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltamme (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollemme (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillemme (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonamme (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinamme (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoksemme (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiksemme (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakottamme (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittamme (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinemme (comitative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonne (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojenne (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoidenne (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittenne (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoanne (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojanne (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitanne (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossanne (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissanne (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakostanne (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistanne (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoonne (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihinne (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihinne (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollanne (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillanne (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltanne (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltanne (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollenne (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillenne (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonanne (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinanne (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoksenne (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiksenne (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakottanne (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittanne (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinenne (comitative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (accusative nominative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (accusative nominative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (accusative genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (accusative genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonsa (genitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojensa (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoidensa (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittensa (genitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoaan (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoansa (partitive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojaan (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitaan (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkojansa (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoitansa (partitive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakossaan (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakossansa (inessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissaan (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoissansa (inessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakostaan (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakostansa (elative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistaan (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoistansa (elative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoonsa (illative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoihinsa (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoihinsa (illative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakollaan (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakollansa (adessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillaan (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillansa (adessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltaan (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoltansa (ablative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltaan (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiltansa (ablative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakolleen (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakollensa (allative singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoilleen (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoillensa (allative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonaan (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkonansa (essive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinaan (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinansa (essive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakokseen (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoksensa (singular translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoikseen (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakoiksensa (plural translative)
nuolimyrkkysammakottaan (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakottansa (abessive singular)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittaan (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakoittansa (abessive plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoineen (comitative plural)
nuolimyrkkysammakkoinensa (comitative plural)

Compound of nuolimyrkky (“arrow poison”) + sammakko (“frog”).


ouaouaron

Louisiana Creole: wawaron

→ Spanish: wawarón

Probably from Wyandot ouaron (“big frog”); probably an onomatopoeia based on the croaking of this particular frog.


epibatidine

(organic chemistry) A polycyclic alkaloid, obtained from the skin of the poisonous frog Epipedobates tricolor, that is a powerful analgesic


ranarian

en-adj

ranarian (comparative more ranarian, superlative most ranarian)

more ranarian (comparative)
most ranarian (superlative)


froggery

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

A place or enclosure where frogs are kept, and often bred.


eleutherodactyline

Scientists at Penn State have penciled in the branches of the evolutionary tree of a major group of frogs, the eleutherodactylines, in the process making a surprising discovery: the species dispersed from South America to Central America and the Caribbean over water, not land.

2007 June 12, Henry Fountain, “Warming in the Arctic? Blame the Snow. The Dirty Snow, That Is.”, in New York Times:

(zoology) Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.


dendrobatid

(zoology) Any member of the family Dendrobatidae of poison dart frogs.


brulpadda

From brul (“roar, to roar”) + padda (“frog”).


goliath frog

A large anuran, Conraua goliath, from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.


leopard frog

Any of several North American frogs, most of which are green with black spots.


horned frog

But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […]

1855, John Wright, William Wright, Recollections of Western Texas, published 1995, page 41:

The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.

1912, J. W. Reading, “Locomotive Engineers Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 47:

I have always had aspecial affinity for horned toads, probably because I went to Texas Christian University, whose mascot is the horned frog

2012, Lonn Taylor, Texas, My Texas: Musings of the Rambling Boy:

(US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard.


Titicaca frog

Titicaca water frog
Titicaca water frog#English


Sonoran Desert toad

en-noun

Sonoran Desert toad (plural Sonoran Desert toads)

A large olive-green or brown toad, Incilius alvarius, native to parts of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.


ornate horned toad

ornate horned toad (plural ornate horned toads)

A large carnivorous horned toad of species Ceratophrys ornata, with sharp tooth-like projections in its very large mouth.


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

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


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.


forest green tree frog

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


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)


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.


蟇蛙

ja-noun

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]


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).


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

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).


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:


microhylid

(zoology) Any of the frog family Microhylidae.


scaphiophrynine

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


firmisternal

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


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


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 […]


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)

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)

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


గోదురు కప్ప

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

gōduru kappa (romanization)
గోదురు కప్పలు (plural)


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.


హరి

హరి యను రెండక్షరములు హరియించును పాతకములు
hari yanu reṇḍakṣaramulu hariyiñcunu pātakamulu


తలకప్ప

te-noun

తలకప్ప • (talakappa) ? (plural తలకప్పలు)

talakappa (romanization)
తలకప్పలు (plural)


crapaud buffle

fr-noun

crapaud buffle m (plural crapauds buffles)

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


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).


amphignathodontid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Amphignathodontidae.


ascaphid

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


bombinatorid

(zoology) Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.


brevicipitid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Brevicipitidae.


arthroleptid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Arthroleptidae.


brachycephalid

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


bufonid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Bufonidae.


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.


discoglossid

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


eleutherodactylid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Eleutherodactylidae.


heleophrynid

(zoology) Any ghost frog in the family Heleophrynidae.


hemisotid

(zoology) Any shovelnose frog in the family Hemisotidae.


hemiphractid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Hemiphractidae.


hyperoliid

Borrowed from translingual Hyperoliidae.

Any in the family Hyperoliidae of frogs.


hylid

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


leiopelmatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Leiopelmatidae.


leptodactylid

(zoology) Any frog of the family Leptodactylidae


limnodynastid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Limnodynastidae.


mantellid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Mantellidae.


megophryid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Megophryidae.


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.


pipid

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


petropedetid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Petropedetidae.


rhacophorid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhacophoridae.


rhinodermatid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Rhinodermatidae.


rhinophrynid

(zoology) Any toad in the family Rhinophrynidae.


scaphiopodid

(zoology) Any in the family Scaphiopodidae of toads.


sooglossid

(zoology) Any frog in the family Sooglossidae.


brotac

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

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


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

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)


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


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.


баҕа

head

баҕа • (bağa)

sah-noun

баҕа • (bağa)


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)” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], 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]”


crapaud-buffle

fr-noun

crapaud-buffle m (plural crapauds-buffles)


xenavidin

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


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)


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.