name
Meaning 1
A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bullfrog
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/
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US: /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/
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US: /ˈbʊlfɹɔɡ/
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name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in Kane County, Utah, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Rana catesbeiana
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: true frog, ranid
History
Etymology
From bull + frog.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abenaki: agebalam — bullfrog
- Afrikaans: brulpadda — bullfrog
- Breton: ran-darv — bullfrog
- Chickasaw: haliilawiʼ — bullfrog
- Chinese Mandarin: 牛蛙 (niúwā) — bullfrog
- Chinese Mandarin: 美國牛蛙 /美国牛蛙 (Měiguó niúwā) — bullfrog
- Atikamekw: taretew — bullfrog
- Czech: skokan volský — bullfrog
- Dakota: gnaškátȟaŋka — bullfrog
- Dakota: hnaškátȟaŋka — bullfrog
- Danish: oksefrø — bullfrog
- Dutch: brulkikker — bullfrog
- Esperanto: taŭra rano — bullfrog
- Finnish: härkäsammakko — bullfrog
- Fox: (Mesquakie) toˑtoˑwa — bullfrog
- French: grenouille-taureau — bullfrog
- French: ouaouaron — bullfrog
- Galician: bruión — bullfrog
- German: Ochsenfrosch — bullfrog
- Greek: κατεσβεϊανός (katesveïanós) — bullfrog
- Icelandic: uxafroskur — bullfrog
- Italian: rana toro — bullfrog
- Italian: rana bue — bullfrog
- Japanese: 牛蛙 (ushigaeru) — bullfrog
- Khmer: ហ៊ីង (hiŋ) — bullfrog
- Khoekhoe: ǁgôab — bullfrog
- Kickapoo: tootoa — bullfrog
- Korean: 황소개구리 (hwangsogaeguri) — bullfrog
- Lakota: gnaškátȟaŋka — bullfrog
- Lakota: wóšʼiŋ — bullfrog
- Latvian: vērša varde — bullfrog
- Lithuanian: jautinė varlė — bullfrog
- Menominee: ta͞ehtaew — bullfrog
- Miami: toontwa — bullfrog
- Navajo: chʼał nineezí — bullfrog
- Southern Ndebele: idlhamedlhu — bullfrog
- Northern Sotho: letlametlu — bullfrog
- Southern Ohlone: (Mutsun) wakračmin — bullfrog
- Southern Ohlone: (Rumsen) wakračim — bullfrog
- Omaha-Ponca: ttébi’a ttą́ga — bullfrog
- Ottawa: dende — bullfrog
- Portuguese: rã-touro — bullfrog
- Quileute: há·gaʔy — bullfrog
- Russian: лягу́шка-бык (ljagúška-byk) — bullfrog
- Scottish Gaelic: tarbh-losgann — bullfrog
- Shawnee: tooto — bullfrog
- Slovak: skokan volský — bullfrog
- Spanish: rana toro — bullfrog
- Swedish: oxgroda — bullfrog
- Tagalog: palakang-kabkab — bullfrog
- Telugu: గోదురు కప్ప (gōduru kappa) — bullfrog
- Thai: อึ่งอ่าง (ʉ̀ng-àang) — bullfrog
- Unami: xanhane — bullfrog
- Unami: xanthane — bullfrog
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