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shovelnose frogs

shovelnose frogs is the plural of shovelnose frog.

Meaning of shovelnose frog

Noun

shovelnose frog (plural shovelnose frogs)

  1. Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.
    • Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25
    Synonyms:
    snout-burrower

Questions about shovelnose frogs

What is shovelnose frogs the plural of?
Shovelnose frogs is the plural of shovelnose frog.

Words near shovelnose frogs in the dictionary

  1. shovelmaking
  2. shovelman
  3. shovelmen
  4. shovelnose
  5. shovelnose frog
  6. shovelnose frogs
  7. shovelnose guitarfish
  8. shovelnose guitarfishes
  9. shovelnosed
  10. shovelnoses
  11. shovelomics

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