English Explanatory Dictionary

big-eyed tree frog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A common name for a variety of treefrog species:
  2. Leptopelis vermiculatus, from East Africa (viz. Tanzania);
  3. Leptopelis macrotis, found in West Africa (specifically, Sierra Leone, southern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, and southern Ghana);
  4. Ranoidea exophthalmia (syn. Litoria exophthalmia), from Papua New Guinea.

Word forms

big-eyed tree frog big-eyed tree frogs

Etymology

From their arboreality and relatively large eyes.

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