What is "edible frog"

Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.
--Bacon. -- n. Anything edible.

Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest, 2.

Edible crab (Zo["o]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab ( Callinectes hastatus). See Crab.

Edible frog (Zo["o]l.), the common European frog ( Rana esculenta), used as food.

Edible snail (Zo["o]l.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.

n. 1 (&lit edible frog English) 2 A member of a hybrid species of frog, ''Pelophylax kl. esculentus'', a hybrid of the (vern: pool frog) ((taxlink Pelophylax lessonae species noshow=1)) and the (vern: Central Asian marsh frog) ((taxlink Pelophylax ridibundus species noshow=1)). 3 (taxlink Lithobates clamitans species noshow=1), a North American frog.

The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a name for a common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans).

It is used for food, particularly in France for the delicacy frog legs. Females are between 5 and 9 cm long, males between 6 and 11 cm.