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froglike

  • a word derived from frog.
    frog
    noun
    any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.

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Their froglike eyes are bulging, horns sprout from their heads and legs grow from their shoulders.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Sara came into the blaze late, the boys already leaping froglike across the deck, the girls gone bald in silicone caps.

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019

His Giuliani, in which he retracts his head, froglike, into hunched shoulders, is particularly adept.

From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2018

Fifty years ago, they were unheard of in Monteverde, but now I hear their loud, froglike call in my backyard every morning.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2017

He was large and relaxed, about forty, with gray hair and a froglike mouth.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt