bullfrog
Americannoun
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bullfrogs
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bullfrog
1690–1700, bull 1 + frog 1; so called from its size and voice
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Researchers reviewed existing scientific literature, examined museum specimens from around the world, analyzed fungal genetics from Brazilian bullfrog farms, and studied bullfrogs sold internationally.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
The first season, titled “Cabin in the Woods,” followed a mouse, a raccoon and a bullfrog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
"I sing like a bullfrog," he once told record producer Fred Foster.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
Never mind that when she sang and danced, she sounded like a bullfrog on steroids and moved like a drunken stevedore.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Bending over, croaking like a bullfrog that had been caught by a water moccasin, he started going around in a circle.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Researchers reviewed existing scientific literature, examined museum specimens from around the world, analyzed fungal genetics from Brazilian bullfrog farms, and studied bullfrogs sold internationally.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
To Walter Kerr, also writing in The Times, she was “that cousin of bullfrogs and consort of weary gods,” described as “discreet, dangerous … and gratifyingly funny.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
A city where bullfrogs sing in marshes, where otters and muskrats frolic along the waterfront, and where kingfishers perform aerial acrobatics into ponds thick with fish.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
Since then, we've seen chefs and adventurous home cooks experiment with lionfish, purple sea urchins, bullfrogs and wild pigs.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
After listening carefully for the sound of dogs or hunters and hearing nothing but the burping of bullfrogs, Amari signaled that they should ease out of the mire.
From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper
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