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leaf frog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
leaf frog
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.

Etymology

Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”).

Inflected Forms

leaf frogs (plural)

Phrases

barred leaf frog blue-sided leaf frog Burmeister's leaf frog giant leaf frog gliding leaf frog misfit leaf frog Morelet’s leaf frog northern orange-legged leaf frog

Questions

What does leaf frog mean?
Any tree frog of the subfamily Phyllomedusinae.
Where does leaf frog come from?
Compound of leaf + frog. Compare German Laubfrosch (“treefrog”), Faroese leyvfroskur (“treefrog”).

How to pronounce leaf frog

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