LEIOPELMATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leiopelmatidae mean? 

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

1. primitive New Zealand frogs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEIOPELMATIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive New Zealand frogs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Leiopelmatidae; family Liopelmidae; Leiopelmatidae; Liopelmidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Leiopelmatidae"):

genus Leiopelma; genus Liopelma; Leiopelma; Liopelma (type and sole genus of the family Leiopelmatidae)

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

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