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    ROBBER FROG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small terrestrial frog of tropical Americaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)

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

    Eleutherodactylus; genus Eleutherodactylus (completely terrestrial robber frogs)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's barkplay

    Synonyms:

    barking frog; Hylactophryne augusti; robber frog

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)

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

    genus Hylactophryne; Hylactophryne (barking frogs)

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