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FAMILY BUFONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bufonidae mean? 

FAMILY BUFONIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY BUFONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. true toadsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY BUFONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY BUFONIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

True toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bufonidae; family Bufonidae

Hypernyms ("family Bufonidae" is a kind of...):

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "family Bufonidae"):

true toad (tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin)

genus Bufo (type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds)

Holonyms ("family Bufonidae" is a member of...):

Anura; Batrachia; order Anura; order Batrachia; order Salientia; Salientia (frogs, toads, tree toads)


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