"poison dart frog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: poison dart frogs [plural]
Etymology: So called because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts. Head templates: {{en-noun}} poison dart frog (plural poison dart frogs)
  1. Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae. Wikipedia link: poison dart frog Categories (lifeform): Frogs Synonyms (frog in Dendrobatidae): poison arrow frog, dart frog, poison frog Derived forms: green and black poison-dart frog, imitator poison-dart frog, strawberry poison-dart frog, yellow poison-dart Translations (frog of the family Dendrobatidae): nuolimyrkkysammakko (Finnish), Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí (Navajo), drzewołaz [masculine] (Polish), pilgiftsgroda [common-gender] (Swedish)

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