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frog legs

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The hind legs of a frog used as food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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noun

Meaning 2

hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: dish

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: anques de granota — hind legs of frog as food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 青蛙腿 (qīngwātuǐ) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 田雞腿 /田鸡腿 (tiánjītuǐ) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Danish: frølår — hind legs of frog as food
  • Dutch: kikkerbilletjes — hind legs of frog as food
  • Estonian: konnakoivad — hind legs of frog as food
  • Finnish: sammakonkoivet — hind legs of frog as food
  • Finnish: sammakonreidet — hind legs of frog as food
  • French: cuisses de grenouille — hind legs of frog as food
  • Galician: ancas de ra — hind legs of frog as food
  • German: Froschschenkel — hind legs of frog as food
  • Greek: βατραχοπόδαρα (vatrachopódara) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Japanese: カエルの足 (kaeru no ashi) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Korean: 개구리 다리 (gaeguri dari) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Polish: żabie udka — hind legs of frog as food
  • Portuguese: pernas de rã — hind legs of frog as food
  • Romanian: pui de baltă — hind legs of frog as food
  • Russian: лягуша́чьи ла́пки (ljagušáčʹi lápki) — hind legs of frog as food
  • Spanish: ancas de rana — hind legs of frog as food
  • Swedish: grodlår — hind legs of frog as food
  • Vietnamese: thịt ếch — hind legs of frog as food