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GENUS RANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ranidae
Synonyms:
genus Rana; Rana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Rana" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rana"):
Rana sylvatica; wood-frog; wood frog (wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce)
leopard frog; Rana pipiens; spring frog (common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots)
bullfrog; Rana catesbeiana (largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice)
green frog; Rana clamitans; spring frog (similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada)
cascades frog; Rana cascadae (mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California)
goliath frog; Rana goliath (largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa)
pickerel frog; Rana palustris (a meadow frog of eastern North America)
Rana tarahumarae; tarahumara frog (Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water)
grass frog; Rana temporaria (a common semiterrestrial European frog)
Holonyms ("genus Rana" is a member of...):
family Ranidae; Ranidae (a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs)
