green frog

English

Green Frog

Noun

green frog (plural green frogs)

1. A frog of eastern North America, Lithobates clamitans.
2. Any frog of the family Ranidae; a true frog or ranid.
   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 60:

     Beginning around 34 million years ago, the green frogs (Ranidae) arrived, perhaps from Asia or Africa.