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Tree-frog

noun

Arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America. Synonyms: tree frog, tree toad.

Any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes. Synonym: tree frog.

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"Tree-frog" Quotes from Famous Books

... you catch it?" interrupted Matilda. "Bring it here!" and she beckoned to a small boy who was busy near a large beech tree some distance away. "He's been after a tree-frog," she explained. "There's one up in that tree that sings the cutest every evening and morning. I hear him when ...

— Dickey Downy - The Autobiography of a Bird • Virginia Sharpe Patterson

... back with a tree-frog between his palms. Noemi trembled and got excited. She was red and pale ...

— Timar's Two Worlds • Mr Jkai

Words linked to "Tree-frog" : family Hylidae, spring peeper, Pacific tree toad, chameleon tree frog, Hylidae, Pternohyla fodiens, Hyla arenicolor, chorus frog, toad, anuran, batrachian, tree frog, salientian, frog, Hyla regilla, lowland burrowing treefrog, tree toad, cricket frog, canyon treefrog, Hyla crucifer, northern casque-headed frog, toad frog