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leaf frog

leaf frog noun: any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.

leaf frog: any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae
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Noun

leaf frog (plural leaf frogs)

  1. Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.

Forms of leaf frog

pluralleaf frogs

Origin of leaf frog

Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”).

Words formed from leaf frog

  • barred leaf frog
  • blue-sided leaf frog
  • Burmeister's leaf frog
  • giant leaf frog
  • gliding leaf frog
  • misfit leaf frog
  • Morelet’s leaf frog
  • northern orange-legged leaf frog
  • pink-sided leaf frog
  • red-eyed tree frog
  • slender leaf frog
  • southern orange-legged leaf frog
  • tarsier leaf frog
  • waxy monkey leaf frog
  • yellow-eyed leaf frog

Questions about leaf frog

What does leaf frog mean?
Leaf frog means any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.
What part of speech is leaf frog?
Leaf frog is a noun.
What is the plural of leaf frog?
The plural of leaf frog is leaf frogs.

Words near leaf frog in the dictionary

  1. leaf cutter
  2. leaf cutters
  3. leaf fat
  4. leaf flea
  5. leaf fleas
  6. leaf frog
  7. leaf frogs
  8. leaf gap
  9. leaf gaps
  10. leaf green
  11. leaf hopper

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