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LEPTODACTYLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptodactylidae mean? 

LEPTODACTYLIDAE (noun)
  The noun LEPTODACTYLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LEPTODACTYLIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Leptodactylidae; Leptodactylidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Leptodactylidae"):

leptodactylid; leptodactylid frog (toothed frogs: terrestrial or aquatic or arboreal)

Eleutherodactylus; genus Eleutherodactylus (completely terrestrial robber frogs)

genus Hylactophryne; Hylactophryne (barking frogs)

genus Leptodactylus; Leptodactylus (type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae)

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

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


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