BOMBINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombina mean? 

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

1. fire-bellied toads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fire-bellied toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombina; genus Bombina

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Bombina"):

Bombina bombina; fire-bellied toad (toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside)

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

Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae (family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue)

 Context examples 

A tetradecapeptide originally obtained from the skins of toads Bombina bombina and B. variegata.

(Bombesin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)