frog

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Much that we knew of the physiology of the frog is arrived at mainly by inferences from our mammalian knowledge.

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  1. noun Any of numerous tailless, aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura and especially of the family Ranidae, characteristically having a smooth moist skin, webbed feet, and long hind legs adapted for leaping.
  2. noun A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.
  3. noun A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.
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  • Next to the frog was the remote control pad the saurs used to change programs. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 02 - August 2002
  • He sent fingers of flame crawling over the gashes, sealing the injury as he screamed in pain The hall was huge, and the frog might be anywhere inside it Kamahl threw showers of flame into the upper reaches, burning brighter until the barbarian's eyes stung A cluster of odd shadows appeared, and Kamahl knew where Turg was. —  VANCE MOORE
  • The skin of a frog is a sort of flattened-out external lung which pockets oxygen in minute pores from his hindlegs to his snout. —  ASTOUNDING
  • The BBC video of the frog is the first-known footage of this species. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
  • The woman is stunned, but because her husband loves this sort of sex, and because she is not particularly fond of it, she decides the frog might be a good investment. —  MINISTER OF RANTS
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  1. Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga.

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  1. from Middle English frogge, from Anglo-Saxon frogga (*frocga not authenticated, *froga erroneous), a frog, akin to Anglo-Saxon frox (for *frosc), Middle English frosk, frosch, frosh, etc. (cf. variant frock, from Middle English froke), = D. Middle Low German vorsch = Old High German frosc, Middle High German vrosch, German frosch = Icelandic froskr, a frog; cf. Danish frö, a frog; Icelandic fraukr, a frog; the origin is unknown.
  2. from frog, n.
  3. from frog, but with reference to frush, cf. frosh, a frog: see frog, frush, and frosh.
  4. apparently another use of frog or frog. Hardly connected with frog, variant of frock.
  5. Middle English, also frogge; variant of frok, frokke, frock: see frock.
 

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