green frog

noun — 2 senses

green frog

noun

1

A frog of eastern North America, Lithobates clamitans.

2

Any frog of the family Ranidae; a true frog or ranid.

Beginning around 34 million years ago, the green frogs (Ranidae) arrived, perhaps from Asia or Africa.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 60:

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