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Definition of "tree frog" []

  • Any of various small arboreal frogs of the family Hylidae having long toes terminating in adhesive disks. Also called tree toad. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tree frog" in a sentence
  • "It was the only cape in which she could turn into a yellow-eyed tree frog at school and into a scarlet-bellied tree frog at home."