TAILED FROG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tailed frog mean? 

• TAILED FROG (noun)
  The noun TAILED FROG has 1 sense:

1. western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ

  Familiarity information: TAILED FROG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAILED FROG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascaphus trui; bell toad; ribbed toad; tailed frog; tailed toad

Hypernyms ("tailed frog" 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 ("tailed frog" is a member of...):

Ascaphus; genus Ascaphus (type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae)