Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shovelnose frog

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shov-el-nose frog
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.

Example Sentences

"Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river."

Inflected Forms

shovelnose frogs (plural)

Synonyms

snout-burrower

Questions

What does shovelnose frog mean?: Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.

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