GRASS FROG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass frog mean? 

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

1. a common semiterrestrial European frog

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRASS FROG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common semiterrestrial European frog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass frog; Rana temporaria

Hypernyms ("grass frog" is a kind of...):

ranid; true frog (insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs)

Holonyms ("grass frog" is a member of...):

genus Rana; Rana (type genus of the Ranidae)

 Context examples 

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

(Frog, NCI Thesaurus)