frog

Definition

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

Etymology

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

Example Sentences

• "Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog"
• "`What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'"

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