chorus frog
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈkɔːrəs frɔg/
- Specialized
:
rana de coro
- While hiking, I spotted a chorus frog sitting on a leaf, making its distinctive song.
- Pacific chorus frog
Examples
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The chorus frogs were no bigger than my hand was then and oddly placid when caught; they didn't kick or twist violently the way the bullfrogs did.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Wetlands is probably loud with peepers and chorus frogs.
Blog text (13) -
Besides the many spring peepers and upland chorus frogs calling out on the very warm 25th of February, there appears to be a lone female bullfrog on the side of Black Bear Pond.
Blog text (13) -
The Pacific chorus frogs were the most abundant, a plain rubbery green with gray-white bellies speckled with gravel dots of black.
Fiction book (1998) -
The chorus frog's loud call can often be heard near the wetlands during springtime.
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Chorus frogs are known for their delightful melodies that fill the air in marshy areas.
Synonyms
A small North American frog called a chorus frog that makes loud repeating calls
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'chorus frog' combines 'chorus' (a group or loud musical sound) with 'frog' (the amphibian), so its meaning — a frog characterized by a loud, musical call or that sings in groups — is directly inferable from the parts. This noun-noun compositional pattern (common in species names and cross-linguistically) makes the expression immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Chorus frog may come from the way many small frogs call together and sound like a 'singing' chorus. That's why the name describes these loud little frogs.