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Definition of True frog
1. Noun. Insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs.
Generic synonyms: Anuran, Batrachian, Frog, Salientian, Toad, Toad Frog
Group relationships: Family Ranidae, Ranidae
Specialized synonyms: Rana Sylvatica, Wood Frog, Wood-frog, Leopard Frog, Rana Pipiens, Spring Frog, Bullfrog, Rana Catesbeiana, Green Frog, Rana Clamitans, Spring Frog, Cascades Frog, Rana Cascadae, Goliath Frog, Rana Goliath, Pickerel Frog, Rana Palustris, Rana Tarahumarae, Tarahumara Frog, Grass Frog, Rana Temporaria
Terms within: Frog Legs
Definition of True frog
1. Noun. A large group of frogs found worldwide in the ''Ranidae'' family, typically smooth and moist-skinned, with large, powerful legs and extensively webbed feet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of True Frog
Literary usage of True frog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Library of Natural History: Embracing Living Animals of Thw ...by Charles John Cornish by Charles John Cornish (1908)
"... or Candle-flics; true frog-hoppers; destructive insects, such as the Aphides,
Plant-lice, or Smother- flies; American Blight; Scale-insects; True Lice. ..."
2. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"In time, however, it undergoes the usual changes, and becomes a true frog.
It inhabits Surinam. In a species of toad, also found in Surinam, ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"... the name was so spelled in the 'Iconographie Cyclopedia' (II, 207, 208, 1851).
He later (1854) based a generic name for a true frog ..."
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