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eleutherodactyline

eleutherodactyline noun: any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.

eleutherodactyline: any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae
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Noun

eleutherodactyline (plural eleutherodactylines)

  1. Any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.
    • Scientists at Penn State have penciled in the branches of the evolutionary tree of a major group of frogs, the eleutherodactylines, in the process making a surprising discovery: the species dispersed from South America to Central America and the Caribbean over water, not land.2007 June 12, Henry Fountain, “Warming in the Arctic? Blame the Snow. The Dirty Snow, That Is.”, in New York Times

Forms of eleutherodactyline

pluraleleutherodactylines

Questions about eleutherodactyline

What does eleutherodactyline mean?
Eleutherodactyline means any of the frogs of the family Eleutherodactylidae.
What part of speech is eleutherodactyline?
Eleutherodactyline is a noun.
What is the plural of eleutherodactyline?
The plural of eleutherodactyline is eleutherodactylines.

Words near eleutherodactyline in the dictionary

  1. eleutherism
  2. Eleutherius
  3. eleuthero
  4. eleutherodactylid
  5. eleutherodactylids
  6. eleutherodactyline
  7. eleutherodactylines
  8. eleutherodontid
  9. eleutherodontids
  10. eleutheroembryo
  11. eleutheroembryos

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