"horned frog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: horned frogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} horned frog (plural horned frogs)
  1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows"
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  2. (US) Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard. Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Frogs, Iguanoid lizards Synonyms: horned lizard [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-horned_frog-en-noun-XlVXu0N~ Disambiguation of Frogs: 40 60 Disambiguation of Iguanoid lizards: 13 87 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83 Derived forms: Amazonian horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys cornuta), Argentine horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys ornata), Asian horned frog (english: Megophrys, family Megophryidae), Brazilian horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys aurita), Chacoan horned frog, Cranwell's horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys cranwelli), Ecuadorian horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni), Kinabalu horned frog (alt: Pelobatrachus baluensis), long-nosed horned frog, Malayan horned frog (alt: Pelobatrachus nasutus), Mindanao horned frog (alt: Pelobatrachus stejnegeri), ornate horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys ornata), Pacific horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni), Palawan horned frog (alt: Pelobatrachus ligayae), rough horned frog (english: Borneophrys, family Megophryidae), South American horned frog (english: Ceratophrys, family Leptodactylidae), Stolzmann's horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys stolzmanni), Surinam horned frog (taxonomic: Ceratophrys cornuta)

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