tree-frog

Questions about tree-frog

What does tree-frog mean?

tree-frog means "arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tree-frog?

tree-frog has 2 syllables: tree--frog. The stress falls on "tree-".

What is another word for tree-frog?

Close synonyms include tree toad, tree frog, tree frog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tree-frog a common word?

tree-frog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.