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flying frog

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noun

either of two East Indian frogs, Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and R. pardalis, having broadly webbed feet permitting long, gliding leaps.

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Nearby words

  1. flying dutchman,
  2. flying field,
  3. flying fish,
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  7. flying gurnard,
  8. flying head,
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  10. flying jib

Origin of flying frog

First recorded in 1680–90
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Examples from the Web for flying frog

  • This was the Good Fairy who had given him the flying-frog carriage, so again she resolved to help him if she could.

    Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book|Edmund Dulac
British Dictionary definitions for flying frog

flying frog

noun

any of several tropical frogs of the family Rhacophoridae, esp Rhacophorus reinwardtii of Malaya, that glide between trees by means of long webbed digits
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