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Definition of Acris
1. Noun. Cricket frogs.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Hylidae, Hylidae
Member holonyms: Cricket Frog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acris
Literary usage of Acris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis: A Survey of the Estates of the Prior and by Durham Cathedral, William Greenwell (1872)
"Johannes Symson de Novo Castro pro xij acris terras et iij rodis prati in ...
pro vij acris terrae et dimidia acra prati in Billingham. ..."
2. Cartularium Prioratus de Gyseburne, Ebor. Dioeceseos, Ordinis S. Augustini by Guisborough priory, William Brown (1894)
"Hugo filius Willelmi, vs vjd, pro (blank) et ix acris ... Adam filius Agnetis,
xjs vjd, pro (blank) et xxiiij acris ..."
3. The Tropenell Cartulary: Being the Contents of an Old Wiltshire Muniment Chest by Thomas Tropenell, John Silvester Davies (1908)
"... et de duabus acris terre in ... de et in duabus acris terre, cum 1 MS. aliis.
' MS. jacent. « MS. que. ..."