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frogamander

frogamander noun: the extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.

Noun

frogamander (plural frogamanders)

  1. The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.
    • This amphibian Abraham, aka the frogamander, lived during the early Permian but was only discovered in 2007, a fossil in Don's Dump Fish Quarry in Baylor County, Texas.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 14
    • The “frogamander” is still full of mystery as scientists work to figure out how and where it fits in the amphibian family tree.2016, Melissa Shofner, Mariel Bard, Amphibian Fossils, page 21

Forms of frogamander

pluralfrogamanders

Origin of frogamander

From blend of frog + salamander.

Questions about frogamander

What does frogamander mean?
Frogamander means the extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.
What part of speech is frogamander?
Frogamander is a noun.
What is the plural of frogamander?
The plural of frogamander is frogamanders.

Words near frogamander in the dictionary

  1. frog-stranglers
  2. frog-walk
  3. frog-walked
  4. frog-walking
  5. frog-walks
  6. frogamander
  7. frogamanders
  8. frogbit
  9. frogbits
  10. frogboil
  11. frogbutt

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