"shrinking frog" meaning in All languages combined

See shrinking frog on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: shrinking frogs [plural]
Etymology: So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog. Head templates: {{en-noun}} shrinking frog (plural shrinking frogs)
  1. paradoxical frog
    Sense id: en-shrinking_frog-en-noun-zwa-mAaA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Frogs

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shrinking frogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shrinking frog (plural shrinking frogs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Frogs",
          "orig": "en:Frogs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paradoxical frog"
      ],
      "id": "en-shrinking_frog-en-noun-zwa-mAaA",
      "links": [
        [
          "paradoxical frog",
          "paradoxical frog"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrinking frog"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "So called because it is larger as a tadpole than as an adult frog.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shrinking frogs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shrinking frog (plural shrinking frogs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Frogs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paradoxical frog"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paradoxical frog",
          "paradoxical frog"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrinking frog"
}

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