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ASCAPHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ascaphus mean?
• ASCAPHUS (noun)
The noun ASCAPHUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae
Familiarity information: ASCAPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ascaphus; genus Ascaphus
Hypernyms ("Ascaphus" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Ascaphus"):
Ascaphus trui; bell toad; ribbed toad; tailed frog; tailed toad (western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ)
Holonyms ("Ascaphus" is a member of...):
Ascaphidae; family Ascaphidae (family of one species of frog: tailed frog)
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