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flying frog

noun

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

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Origin of flying frog

First recorded in 1680–90

Words nearby flying frog

Flying Dustbin, Flying Dutchman, flying field, flying fish, flying fox, flying frog, flying gurnard, flying head, flying jenny, flying jib, flying jib boom
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Example sentences 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.

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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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