TREE-FROG
Dictionary entry overview: What does tree-frog mean?
• TREE-FROG (noun)
The noun TREE-FROG has 2 senses:
1. arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
2. any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
Familiarity information: TREE-FROG used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TREE-FROG (noun)
Meaning:
Arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tree frog; tree toad; tree-frog
Hypernyms ("tree-frog" is a kind of...):
anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree-frog"):
Hyla crucifer; spring peeper (a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring)
Hyla regilla; Pacific tree toad (the most commonly heard frog on the Pacific coast of America)
canyon treefrog; Hyla arenicolor (a small chiefly ground dweller that stays within easy jumping distance of water; of United States southwest and northern Mexico)
chameleon tree frog (a form of tree toad)
cricket frog (either of two frogs with a clicking call)
chorus frog (any of several small North American frogs having a loud call)
lowland burrowing treefrog; northern casque-headed frog; Pternohyla fodiens (terrestrial burrowing nocturnal frog of grassy terrain and scrub forests having very hard upper surface of head; of the United States southwest)
Holonyms ("tree-frog" is a member of...):
family Hylidae; Hylidae (the amphibian family of tree frogs)
Meaning:
Any of various Old World arboreal frogs distinguished from true frogs by adhesive suckers on the toes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tree frog; tree-frog
Hypernyms ("tree-frog" is a kind of...):
anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)
