RANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rana mean? 

• RANA (noun)
  The noun RANA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Ranidae

  Familiarity information: RANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Ranidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rana; Rana

Hypernyms ("Rana" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Rana"):

Rana sylvatica; wood-frog; wood frog (wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce)

leopard frog; Rana pipiens; spring frog (common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots)

bullfrog; Rana catesbeiana (largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice)

green frog; Rana clamitans; spring frog (similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada)

cascades frog; Rana cascadae (mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California)

goliath frog; Rana goliath (largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa)

pickerel frog; Rana palustris (a meadow frog of eastern North America)

Rana tarahumarae; tarahumara frog (Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water)

grass frog; Rana temporaria (a common semiterrestrial European frog)

Holonyms ("Rana" is a member of...):

family Ranidae; Ranidae (a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs)

 Context examples 

The commonest frog genera are Rana (grass frogs) and Hyla (tree frogs).

(Frog, NCI Thesaurus)