shad frog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An American spotted frog (Lithobates pipiens and Lithobates sphenocephalus).

Word forms

shad frog shad frogs

Etymology

So called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.

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