bullfrog
nounUK /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/ · US /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/
Etymology From bull + frog.
1
Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
- The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- African bullfrog, American bullfrog, banded bullfrog, Calabresi's bullfrog, crowned bullfrog, east Asian bullfrog, edible bullfrog, giant bullfrog, Indian bullfrog, Indus Valley bullfrog, North American bullfrog, South American bullfrog