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| amphibian |
any cold-blooded vertebrate, such as a frog or salamander, that has aquatic gill-breathing larvae and terrestrial lung-breathing adults. [1/4 definitions] |
| batrachian |
a frog or toad. [1/2 definitions] |
| breaststroke |
a swimming stroke in which the body is prone with the face down, the arms simultaneously pull down and back, and the legs do a frog kick in alternation with the arm movement. |
| bullfrog |
a large North American frog with a distinctive loud, deep croak. |
| croak |
to make a low, hoarse sound with the voice, like that of a frog. [2/4 definitions] |
| duffel coat |
a hooded knee-length overcoat with frog fasteners that is usu. made of a sturdy wool fabric such as duffel or loden. |
| froggy |
of or resembling a frog. [1/2 definitions] |
| metamorphosis |
the developmental changes in living organisms, such as the successive stages from caterpillar to butterfly or from tadpole to frog. [1/3 definitions] |
| polliwog |
a frog or toad larva in its water-dwelling stage, when it has a tail and gills; tadpole. |
| tadpole |
the larva of a frog or toad at the stage when it lives in water and has gills and a tail. |
| toad |
any of numerous tailless amphibians that have dry rough warty skins, live primarily on land, and resemble the related frog. [1/3 definitions] |
| tree toad |
see "tree frog." |
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