单词 | pickerel frog |
释义 | pickerel frogn. A common North American frog, Rana palustris, which has a double row of dark squarish spots down the back and bright yellow or orange coloration under the hind legs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Diplasiocoela > family Ranidae (common frogs) > rana palustris (pickerel frog) pickerel frog1839 1839 D. H. Storer in D. H. Storer & W. B. O. Peabody Rep. Fishes, Reptiles & Birds Mass. 238 The pickerel frog..is..met with about the margins of fresh water brooks and ponds. 1867 Amer. Naturalist 1 109 Other species of Frogs found in Massachusetts..are the Spotted Frog, Marsh Frog, or Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris Le Conte). 1906 M. C. Dickerson Frog Bk. 189 The brook and the fields and meadows near make the home of the Pickerel Frogs. 1961 D. M. Cochran Living Amphibians of World 107/1 The entire skin of the North American pickerel frog, Rana palustris, secretes a substance which is lethal to frogs of other species. 1993 M. W. Klemens Amphibians & Reptiles Connecticut iv. 130 Pickerel frogs are often mistaken for the closely related leopard frog. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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