bullfrog

[ bool-frog, -frawg ]

/ ˈbʊlˌfrɒg, -ˌfrɔg /

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noun

a large frog, especially the North American Rana catesbeiana, having a deep voice.

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Origin of bullfrog

1690–1700, Americanism;bull¹ + frog¹; so called from its size and voice

Words nearby bullfrog

bull fiddle, bullfight, bullfighter, bullfinch, bull float, bullfrog, bull gun, bullhead, bullheaded, bull header, bullhead rail

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How to use bullfrog in a sentence

Old Croaky was a granddaddy bullfrog with whom they were very well acquainted, for he sang for them every evening.
Every Girl's Book|George F. Butler
In the green frog and bullfrog the metamorphosis is not completed until the beginning of the second summer.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
"Better stay home, better stay home," croaked old Grandfather Bullfrog from his seat on a stump by the edge of the pond.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories|Abbie Phillips Walker
Oom Leeuw crept up slowly, quietly, like a skelm, behind Brother Bullfrog.
Outa Karel's Stories|Sanni Metelerkamp

The bullfrog and leopard frog probably take heavy toll of both the adults and the newly metamorphosed young at the breeding ponds.
Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog|Henry S. Fitch

British Dictionary definitions for bullfrog

bullfrog

/ (ˈbʊlˌfrɒɡ) /

noun

any of various large frogs, such as Rana catesbeiana (American bullfrog), having a loud deep croak

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