"shrinking frog" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (lifeform): Frogs

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