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mountain chicken

mountain chicken noun: leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.

Noun

mountain chicken (plural mountain chickens)

  1. Leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.

Forms of mountain chicken

pluralmountain chickens

Origin of mountain chicken

Compound of mountain + chicken. So called because it is a local delicacy, supposed to taste like chicken.

Questions about mountain chicken

What does mountain chicken mean?
Mountain chicken means leptodactylus fallax, a large edible frog native to Dominica and Montserrat.
What part of speech is mountain chicken?
Mountain chicken is a noun.
What is the plural of mountain chicken?
The plural of mountain chicken is mountain chickens.

Words near mountain chicken in the dictionary

  1. mountain chains
  2. mountain cheese
  3. mountain cheeses
  4. mountain chickadee
  5. mountain chickadees
  6. mountain chicken
  7. mountain chickens
  8. Mountain City
  9. mountain climber
  10. mountain climbers
  11. mountain climbing

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