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RANIDAE

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Meaning:

A family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs

Synonyms:

family Ranidae; Ranidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Ranidae"):

genus Rana; Rana (type genus of the Ranidae)

ranid; true frog (insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs)

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

Anura; Batrachia; order Anura; order Batrachia; order Salientia; Salientia (frogs, toads, tree toads)

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