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cricket frog

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noun

either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.

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Nearby words

crichton, james, crick, crick, francis h. c., crick, francis harry compton, cricket, cricket frog, cricket table, cricketer, cricoarytenoid, cricoarytenoid muscle, cricoid

Origin of cricket frog

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Examples from the Web for cricket frog

Some, like the swamp tree-frog and the cricket-frog, are not arboreal in habit, remaining almost always on the ground.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition|Vernon L. Kellogg