HYLA CRUCIFER

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Meaning:

A small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

Synonyms:

Hyla crucifer; spring peeper

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hyla crucifer" is a kind of...):

tree-frog; tree frog; tree toad (arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America)

Holonyms ("Hyla crucifer" is a member of...):

genus Hyla; Hyla (the type genus of the Hylidae; tree toads)

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