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Definition of Family discoglossidae
1. Noun. Family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Family
Group relationships: Anura, Batrachia, Order Anura, Order Batrachia, Order Salientia, Salientia
Member holonyms: Alytes, Genus Alytes, Bombina, Genus Bombina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Discoglossidae
Literary usage of Family discoglossidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1876)
"... peculiar to Australia, but with one species in Paraguay ; and in the family
Discoglossidae, the Australian genus ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"... arctic family Discoglossidae. It is curious that there are no scorpions in
New Zealand *, since that family exists in Australia. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Although toad like it is not really related to the toads proper, but belongs to
the family Discoglossidae, characterized by a circular, adherent tongue, ..."
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