bullfrog

See also: Bullfrog

English

Alternative forms

• bull frog, bull-frog

Etymology

From bull +‎ frog.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/, /ˈbʊlfɹɔɡ/
• Rhymes: -ʊlfɹɒɡ, -ʊlfɹɔːɡ

Noun

bullfrog (plural bullfrogs)

1. Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     The bull-frogs were also very large, and with voices proportionate to their size[.]

A male bullfrog

Derived terms

• African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus)
• American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus or Rana catesbeiana)
• east Asian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
• banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
• Calabresi's bullfrog (Pyxicephalus obbianus)
• crowned bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus occipitalis)
• edible bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis)
• giant bullfrog (Limnodynastes interioris)
• Indian bullfrog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus)
• Indus Valley bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)
• North American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
• South American bullfrog (Leptodactylus)

Translations

bullfrog

• Abenaki: agebalam
• Afrikaans: brulpadda
• Atikamekw: taretew
• Breton: ran-darv
• Chickasaw: haliilawiʼ
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牛蛙 (zh) (niúwā), 美國牛蛙 / 美国牛蛙 (Měiguó niúwā)

• Czech: skokan volský m
• Dakota: gnaškátȟaŋka, hnaškátȟaŋka
• Danish: oksefrø c
• Dutch: brulkikker (nl) m
• Esperanto: taŭra rano
• Finnish: härkäsammakko
• Fox: (Mesquakie) toˑtoˑwa
• French: grenouille-taureau (fr) f, (Canadian and Louisiana French) ouaouaron (fr) m
• Galician: bruión m
• German: Ochsenfrosch m
• Greek: κατεσβεϊανός m (katesveïanós)
• Icelandic: uxafroskur m
• Italian: rana toro f, rana bue f
• Japanese: 牛蛙 (ウシガエル, ushigaeru)
• Khmer: ហ៊‌ីង (hiŋ)
• Khoekhoe: ǁgôab
• Kickapoo: tootoa
• Korean: 황소개구리 (ko) (hwangsogaeguri)
• Lakota: gnaškátȟaŋka
• Latvian: vērša varde f
• Lithuanian: jautinė varlė f
• Menominee: ta͞ehtaew
• Miami: toontwa
• Navajo: chʼał nineezí
• Northern Sotho: letlametlu
• Omaha-Ponca: ttébi’a ttą́ga
• Ottawa: dende
• Portuguese: rã-touro f
• Quileute: há·gaʔy
• Russian: лягу́шка-бык f (ljagúška-byk)
• Shawnee: tooto
• Slovak: skokan volský m
• Southern Ndebele: idlhamedlhu class 5/6
• Southern Ohlone: (Mutsun) wakračmin, (Rumsen) wakračim
• Spanish: rana toro (es) f
• Swedish: oxgroda (sv) c
• Tagalog: palakang-kabkab
• Telugu: గోదురు కప్ప (te) (gōduru kappa)
• Thai: อึ่งอ่าง (th) (ʉ̀ng-àang)
• Unami: xanhane

References

• “bullfrog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.