bullfrog
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See also: Bullfrog
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡ
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/, /ˈbʊlfɹɔɡ/
- Rhymes: -ʊlfɹɒɡ, -ʊlfɹɔːɡ
Noun
[edit]bullfrog (plural bullfrogs)
- Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]
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Derived terms
[edit]- African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
- American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus or Rana catesbeiana)
- east Asian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
- banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
- Calabresi's bullfrog (Pyxicephalus obbianus)
- crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis)
- edible bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)
- giant bullfrog (Limnodynastes interioris)
- Indian bullfrog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus)
- Indus Valley bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)
- North American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
- South American bullfrog (Leptodactylus)
Translations
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References
[edit]- “bullfrog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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