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hylas

hylas is the plural of hyla.

Meaning of hyla

Noun

hyla (plural hylas)

  1. A tree frog of the genus Hyla.
    • I lifted one of the skins from the mortar and held it close to the candle. Even I could recognize it as that of the common hyla tree frog.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 153

Questions about hylas

What is hylas the plural of?
Hylas is the plural of hyla.

Words near hylas in the dictionary

  1. Hylan
  2. Hyland
  3. Hylands
  4. hylarchic
  5. hylarchical
  6. hylas
  7. hyle
  8. hylea
  9. hyleg
  10. hylegiacal
  11. hylegical

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