poison dart frog

English

Etymology

So called because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.

Noun

poison dart frog (plural poison dart frogs)

Any member of the Dendrobatidae family of poisonous frogs.

Synonyms

(frog in Dendrobatidae): poison arrow frog, dart frog, poison frog

Derived terms

Translations

frog of the family Dendrobatidae

Finnish: nuolimyrkkysammakko

Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí

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