noun
New World frogs; in some classifications essentially coextensive with the family Bufonidae
• Syn: ↑family Leptodactylidae
• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Salientia, ↑order Salientia, ↑Anura, ↑order Anura, ↑Batrachia, ↑order Batrachia
• Member Meronyms:
↑leptodactylid frog, ↑leptodactylid, ↑Eleutherodactylus, ↑genus Eleutherodactylus, ↑Hylactophryne, ↑genus Hylactophryne, ↑Leptodactylus, ↑genus Leptodactylus
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌdakˈtiləˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
in some classifications : a family of toothed toads that is more or less coextensive with Bufonidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.