noun
Meaning 1
Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
poison dart frog
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History
Etymology
From poison + dart + frog. Named because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: nuolimyrkkysammakko — frog of the family Dendrobatidae
- Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí — frog of the family Dendrobatidae
- Polish: drzewołaz — frog of the family Dendrobatidae
- Swedish: pilgiftsgroda — frog of the family Dendrobatidae