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NORTHERN CASQUE-HEADED FROG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northern casque-headed frog mean? 

NORTHERN CASQUE-HEADED FROG (noun)
  The noun NORTHERN CASQUE-HEADED FROG has 1 sense:

1. terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwestplay

  Familiarity information: NORTHERN CASQUE-HEADED FROG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NORTHERN CASQUE-HEADED FROG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lowland burrowing treefrog; northern casque-headed frog; Pternohyla fodiens

Hypernyms ("northern casque-headed frog" is a kind of...):

tree-frog; tree frog; tree toad (arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America)

Holonyms ("northern casque-headed frog" is a member of...):

genus Pternohyla; Pternohyla (burrowing tree frogs)


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