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tree frog
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A tree frog is any species of frog that spends a major portion of its lifespan in trees , known as an arboreal state. Several lineages of frogs among the Neobatrachia have given rise to tree frogs, although they are not closely related to each other. Many ...
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Tree \Tree\ (tr[=e]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre['o], tre['o]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[=e], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[=e], Dan. tr[ae], Sw. tr["a], tr["a]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree, ...
Wiktionary
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n. Frog of the family Hylidae, of small size and more elegant in form than the true frogs (family Ranidae), often with a bright coloration.
WordNet
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n. arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America [syn: tree toad , tree-frog ] any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes ...
Usage examples of tree frog.
Disgusted that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next.
The Medic since the third campaign had been a turnip-shaped creature, shorter than the smallest legionary, with broad hands and fingertips that spread like those of a tree frog.
Then the sounds of the forest returned: the first tentative croak of a tree frog, the buzz of one cicada, and then the full chorus.
His knees were up at the level of his elbows and he looked like a great green tree frog, crouched to pounce on an insect.
Suppose, though, that one moonless night you were to dress in black pajamas (the ninja kind, the cat burglar kind), and, employing spider lines and tree frog cups, you scaled the wedding-cake facade of the Ansonia Hotel at Seventy-third and Broadway, climbing (pity your poor butt if you're afraid of heights) to floor eleven, where you use a short lightweight wrecking bar to pry loose a window frame.
Tenoctris lay on the trunk, gripping the rough bark with her fingers and toes like a tree frog as a wave burst over her.
In the dream the water was up to his armpits and he was fighting so frantically to catch his breath that he was making weird peeping noises, like a tree frog.