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disc-tongued frog

disc-tongued frog noun: any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.

Noun

disc-tongued frog (plural disc-tongued frogs)

  1. Any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.
    • Today, the common midwife toad can be found from the lowlands of southern Belgium to the sandy wastes of Spain, making it the most successful and widely distributed member of Europe’s oldest surviving vertebrate family, the Alytidae, a group comprising the midwife toads, the disc-tongued frogs, the...2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 36
    Synonyms:
    painted frog, midwife toad, Discoglossidae, discoglossid

Synonyms of disc-tongued frog

Forms of disc-tongued frog

pluraldisc-tongued frogs

Questions about disc-tongued frog

What does disc-tongued frog mean?
Disc-tongued frog means any frog in the former family Discoglossidae, now known as the Alytidae.
What part of speech is disc-tongued frog?
Disc-tongued frog is a noun.
What is the plural of disc-tongued frog?
The plural of disc-tongued frog is disc-tongued frogs.

Words near disc-tongued frog in the dictionary

  1. disc owl
  2. disc owls
  3. disc pack
  4. disc packs
  5. disc rot
  6. disc-tongued frog
  7. disc-tongued frogs
  8. disc.
  9. discabinet
  10. discabineted
  11. discabineting

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