Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any fish of the family Trichonotidæ, found in the western Pacific.

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Examples

  • Not everything is hobbitically accurate: There is a 2-foot-tall hairy-back frog, because Michaels figured that if hobbits were hairy, their frogs should be, too.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Not everything is hobbitically accurate: There is a 2-foot-tall hairy-back frog, because Michaels figured that if hobbits were hairy, their frogs should be, too.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Not everything is hobbitically accurate: there is a two-foot-tall hairy-back frog, because Mr. Michaels figured that if hobbits were hairy, their frogs should be, too.

    NYT > Home Page By JOYCE WADLER 2011

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