hyla
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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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He imitated it at my request, making a low whistling note—pheet—pheet—two or three times repeated, somewhat like the peep of the hyla, but not so loud.
From Canoeing in the wilderness by Henry David Thoreau
Some of them were the hue of the tan-colored leaves, probably Pickering's hyla, and some were darker, according to the locality.
From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by John Burroughs
From out of that shallow water came the piping voice of a hyla, and Peter stopped to stare, trying to see the tiny singer.
From The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
Then an unusual thing happened: suddenly, for two or three days and nights, the marshes about me were again vocal with the many voices of the hyla, the "peepers" of early spring.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
It is a note that much resembles that of our small marsh frog in spring,—the hyla; it is not quite so clear and assured, but otherwise much the same.
From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by John Burroughs
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