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Noun: spring peeper  spring'pee-pu(r)
  1. A small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring
    "Spring peepers announce the arrival of spring with their chorus";
    - Hyla crucifer

Derived forms: spring peepers

Type of: tree frog, tree toad, tree-frog

Part of: genus Hyla, Hyla

Encyclopedia: Spring peeper