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单词 tingeing frog
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tingeing frog
tingeing frog n. Obsolete a poison arrow frog of South America, Dendrobates tinctorius, the blood of which is said to have been used to change the colour of the plumage of parrots from green to red or yellow.Now sometimes called the dyeing poison arrow frog or dyeing poison dart frog.
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1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i. 135 Tinging Frog. Rana Tinctoria... Smaller than the European Tree Frog. Native of South America.
1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. III. 175 The Tingeing Frog of Southern America (Hylaplesia tinctoria) is worth of a casual notice.
1874 W. H. G. Kingston Western World iii. xiv. 533 Among the frogs is the curious tingeing frog (Hylaplesia tinctoria), which is an inhabitant of the forest.
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