hairy frog

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noun

a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks

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How to use hairy frog in a sentence

His play The Hairy Ape, the agent noted, “could easily lend itself to radical propaganda.”
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Indeed, one female student told ASU News that cultivating a hairy existence was a “life-changing experience.”
Meet the Professor of Hairy Studies|Lizzie Crocker|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In March, Kermit the Frog appeared with First Lady Michelle Obama at an event for military families at the White House.
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In one mortuary, she observes the very hairy body of a dead fascist, “the nearest human thing I have ever seen to a gorilla.”
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Over the years, Miss Piggy has been faulted for her clingy, seemingly obsessive relationship with Kermit the Frog.
Miss Piggy Leans In|Erin Cunningham|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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This animal was something like a little boy, only, instead of clothes, he was covered with hairy fur.
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The hairy animal, with the long tail, came straight for the bush behind which Squinty was hiding, and crawled through.
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He had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.
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He looked over his shoulder at Matt, then promptly jumped into the rocks and started for Frog Tanks cross-lots.
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