hyla
[ hahy-luh ]
/ ˈhaɪ lə /
noun
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
Nearby words
hygrostat, hygrothermograph, hygroton, hying, hyksos, hyla, hylo-, hylomorphic, hylomorphism, hylophagous, hylotheism
Origin of hyla
< New Latin (1768), the genus name; Latin Hyla, vocative of Hylās Hylas, a companion of Hercules, alluding to the classical legend of his death in a fountain and the repeated cries made by those seeking him (fancifully compared to the choral calling of frogs of this genus)
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hyla
/ (ˈhaɪlə) /
noun
any tree frog of the genus Hyla, such as H. leucophyllata (white-spotted hyla) of tropical America
Word Origin for hyla
C19: from New Latin, from Greek hulē forest, wood
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