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Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

frogs

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General term for any member of the order Anura that is smooth-skinned, semi-aquatic, and leaping, as distinguished from more terrestrial, squat, warty, hopping anurans, which are called "toads." There is no taxonomic distinction between frogs and toads.

Variations

frog

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