shad frog

English

Etymology

So called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers.

Noun

shad frog (plural shad frogs)

  1. An American spotted frog (Rana halecina).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for shad frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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