HYLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hylidae mean? 

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

1. the amphibian family of tree frogs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amphibian family of tree frogs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hylidae; Hylidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Hylidae"):

tree-frog; tree frog; tree toad (arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America)

genus Hyla; Hyla (the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads)

Acris; genus Acris (cricket frogs)

genus Pseudacris; Pseudacris (chorus frogs)

genus Pternohyla; Pternohyla (burrowing tree frogs)

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

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