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BOMBINA BOMBINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombina bombina mean?
• BOMBINA BOMBINA (noun)
The noun BOMBINA BOMBINA has 1 sense:
1. toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
Familiarity information: BOMBINA BOMBINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bombina bombina; fire-bellied toad
Hypernyms ("Bombina bombina" is a kind of...):
anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)
Holonyms ("Bombina bombina" is a member of...):
Bombina; genus Bombina (fire-bellied toads)
Context examples
A tetradecapeptide originally obtained from the skins of toads Bombina bombina and B. variegata.
(Bombesin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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