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edible frog

edible frog noun: any member of a hybrid species Pelophylax × esculentus, a hybrid of pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus), of frogs.

edible frog: any member of a hybrid species Pelophylax × esculentus, a hybrid of pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae)...
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Noun

edible frog (plural edible frogs)

  1. Any member of a hybrid species Pelophylax × esculentus, a hybrid of pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus), of frogs.
  2. Lithobates clamitans, a North American frog.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see edible, frog.

Forms of edible frog

pluraledible frogs

Questions about edible frog

What does edible frog mean?
Edible frog means any member of a hybrid species Pelophylax × esculentus, a hybrid of pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus), of frogs.
What part of speech is edible frog?
Edible frog is a noun.
What is the plural of edible frog?
The plural of edible frog is edible frogs.

Words near edible frog in the dictionary

  1. edible birds' nests
  2. edible crab
  3. edible crabs
  4. edible dormice
  5. edible dormouse
  6. edible frog
  7. edible frogs
  8. edible snail
  9. edible snails
  10. edible thistle
  11. edible thistles

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