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LEPTODACTYLUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Leptodactylidae; in some classifications placed in the family Bufonidae

Synonyms:

genus Leptodactylus; Leptodactylus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Leptodactylus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Leptodactylus"):

crapaud; Leptodactylus pentadactylus; South American bullfrog (large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog)

Holonyms ("Leptodactylus" is a member of...):

family Leptodactylidae; Leptodactylidae (New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae)

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