Polypedates

noun

type genus of the Polypedatidae

• Syn: ↑genus Polypedates

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polypedatidae, ↑family Polypedatidae

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pəˈdād.(ˌ)ēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from poly- + Greek pēdētēs leaper, dancer, from pēdan to leap, jump; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot

: a genus (the type of the family Polypedatidae) of Old World tree frogs related to the Ranidae but distinguished by cylindrical transverse sacral processes