"froggish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more froggish [comparative], most froggish [superlative]
Etymology: frog + -ish. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frog|ish}} frog + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} froggish (comparative more froggish, superlative most froggish)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a frog.
    Sense id: en-froggish-en-adj-DD~Y~vZw
  2. Inclined to fight.
    Sense id: en-froggish-en-adj-6Bd~jDrp
  3. Aggressive. Categories (lifeform): Frogs
    Sense id: en-froggish-en-adj-l1UlAqfm Disambiguation of Frogs: 20 7 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 3 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 3 9 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: froggy, froglike, frogly, ranine Related terms: anuran, batrachian, salientian, toadish, toadlike, toadly, toady

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