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Frog   /frɑg/   Listen
noun
Frog  n.  
1.
(Zool.) An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime. Note: The edible frog of Europe (Rana esculenta) is extensively used as food; the American bullfrog (R. Catesbiana) is remarkable for its great size and loud voice.
2.
(Anat.) The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.
3.
(Railroads) A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.
4.
An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.
5.
The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Cross frog (Railroads), a frog adapted for tracks that cross at right angles.
Frog cheese, a popular name for a large puffball.
Frog eater, one who eats frogs; a term of contempt applied to a Frenchman by the vulgar class of English.
Frog fly. (Zool.) See Frog hopper.
Frog hopper (Zool.), a small, leaping, hemipterous insect living on plants. The larvae are inclosed in a frothy liquid called cuckoo spit or frog spit.
Frog lily (Bot.), the yellow water lily (Nuphar).
Frog spit (Zool.), the frothy exudation of the frog hopper; called also frog spittle. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.



verb
Frog  v. t.  To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Frog" Quotes from Famous Books



... stand that kind of dodge. Won't I do? I don't think your weight will quite squash me," he returned, placing himself in leap-frog position, and I stepped on to his back and slid from there to the ground ...
— My Brilliant Career • Miles Franklin

... to that Johnbull; he say to me that I am a frog, and other injuries, while he lay yet more wood on ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert W. Chambers

... an expatriated frog," cried Rooney, staggering under the weight of an enormous pot, "come here, won't 'ee, an' lind a hand. Wan would think it was yer own weddin' was goin' on. Here, slew round the crane, ye ...
— Wrecked but not Ruined • R.M. Ballantyne

... her in his arms and placed kisses on her eyelids. Night was descending, the first stars were trembling among the branches. In the damp grass sighed the frog's flutes. They went ...
— The Red Lily, Complete • Anatole France

... lines of camp-fires begin to gleam from the transient Bedouin villages. Our white tents are pitched in a flowery meadow, beside a low-voiced stream, and as we fall asleep the night air is trembling with the shrill, innumerable brek-ek-ek-coax-coax of the frog chorus. ...
— Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land - Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit • Henry Van Dyke


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