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Noun: robber frog  ró-bu(r) fróg
  1. Small terrestrial frog of tropical America
    "The robber frog's call echoed through the rainforest at night"
     
  2. Of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark
    "The robber frog's distinctive call can be heard on summer nights";
    - barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti

Derived forms: robber frogs

Type of: anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog

Part of: Eleutherodactylus, genus Eleutherodactylus, genus Hylactophryne, Hylactophryne

Encyclopedia: Robber frog