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frog

  • noun
  • /fɹɒɡ/

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

Other meanings

  1. A member of this class that is not a toad.

  2. The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

Synonyms

  • toad
  • toad frog

A kind of

  • amphibian

Kinds of frog

  • true frog
  • tree frog
  • tailed frog
  • true toad
  • midwife toad
  • fire-bellied toad
  • spadefoot
  • tree toad

Example sentences

  • “You have a frog in your throat.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “In fifth grade we dissected frogs.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "frocga".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “frog” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.