frogmouth

[ frog-mouth, frawg- ]

noun,plural frog·mouths

[frog-mouthz, -mouths, frawg-]. /ˈfrɒgˌmaʊðz, -ˌmaʊθs, ˈfrɔg-/.

any Australian and Oriental bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers, having a broad, flattened, froglike mouth.

Origin of frogmouth

First recorded in 1850–55; frog¹ + mouth

Words Nearby frogmouth

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How to use frogmouth in a sentence

The Tawny frogmouth is one of "the most peculiar," and is the "ugliest of birds."
An Australian Bird Book | John Albert Leach

British Dictionary definitions for frogmouth

frogmouth

/ (ˈfrɒɡˌmaʊθ) /

noun

any nocturnal insectivorous bird of the genera Podargus and Batrachostomus, of SE Asia and Australia, similar to the nightjars: family Podargidae, order Caprimulgiformes

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