单词 | parsley frog |
释义 | > as lemmasparsley frog parsley frog n. either of two small frog-like toads of the genus Pelodytes (family Pelobatidae) having greenish spots, esp. P. punctatus of western Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Anomocoela > member of family Pelobatidae (spade-foot) spade-foot1891 pelobatid1895 parsley frog1897 1897 Proc. Zool. Soc. 577 (title) On the structure and development of the hypobranchial skeleton of the Parsley-Frog. 1934 J. Fletcher tr. J. Rostand Toads & Toad Life vii. 72 In a pond near Paris..the larvae of the Common Frog were in the North and West;..those of the Parsley Frog, the South-east. 1986 T. R. Halliday & K. Adler Encycl. Reptiles & Amphibians 46/1 The parsley frogs (subfamily Pelodytinae) are so called because the speckled green on the backs of some species resembles chopped parsley. < as lemmas |
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