bullfrog

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UK/ˈbʊlfɹɒɡ/US/ˈbʊlfɹɑɡ/US/ˈbʊlfɹɔɡ/

noun

Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.

Similar
Bullfrog CountyCounty of BullfrogRana catesbeianaLithobates catesbeianus
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Meanings

bullfrog1

nounbullfrog (plural bullfrogs)

plural bullfrogs · alternative bull frog · alternative bull-frog

  1. Any of various frogs having a croak that resembles the bellow of a cow or bull.

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

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Bullfrog2

proper noun
  1. A number of places in Nye, Nevada, United States
    1. A ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.
    2. A former mining district of Nye County, Nevada, United States; in full, Bullfrog Mining District
    3. A former county of Nye, Nevada, United States; in full, Bullfrog County. Seat: Carson City

      Synonyms: Bullfrog County, County of Bullfrog

    4. A mountain in the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada, United States, located in the Bullfrog Hills, Mojave Desert; in full, Bullfrog Mountain
  2. An unincorporated community in Kane County, Utah, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA former county of Nye, Nevada, United States; in full, Bullfrog County. Seat: Carson City

Similar
Bullfrog CountyCounty of Bullfrog

More synonyms by meaning

nounlargest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice

Similar
Rana catesbeianaLithobates catesbeianus
Broader
true frogranid
Also see
bullfrog county

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

bullfrog · noun

From bull + frog.

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Bullfrog · proper noun

From bullfrog

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Translations

Afrikaans brulpadda
  • brulpaddabullfrog
Chinese Mandarin 牛蛙, 美國牛蛙 /美国牛蛙
  • 牛蛙 (niúwā)bullfrog
  • 美國牛蛙 /美国牛蛙 (Měiguó niúwā)bullfrog
Czech skokan volský
  • skokan volskýbullfrog
Danish oksefrø
  • oksefrøbullfrog
Dutch brulkikker
  • brulkikkerbullfrog
Esperanto taŭra rano
  • taŭra ranobullfrog
Finnish härkäsammakko
  • härkäsammakkobullfrog
French grenouille-taureau, ouaouaron
  • grenouille-taureaubullfrog
  • ouaouaronbullfrog
German Ochsenfrosch
  • Ochsenfroschbullfrog
Greek κατεσβεϊανός
  • κατεσβεϊανός (katesveïanós)bullfrog
Icelandic uxafroskur
  • uxafroskurbullfrog
Italian rana toro, rana bue
  • rana torobullfrog
  • rana buebullfrog
Japanese 牛蛙
  • 牛蛙 (ushigaeru)bullfrog
Korean 황소개구리
  • 황소개구리 (hwangsogaeguri)bullfrog
Latvian vērša varde
  • vērša vardebullfrog
Lithuanian jautinė varlė
  • jautinė varlėbullfrog
Portuguese rã-touro
  • rã-tourobullfrog
Russian лягу́шка-бык
  • лягу́шка-бык (ljagúška-byk)bullfrog
Scottish Gaelic tarbh-losgann
  • tarbh-losgannbullfrog
Slovak skokan volský
  • skokan volskýbullfrog
Spanish rana toro
  • rana torobullfrog
Swedish oxgroda
  • oxgrodabullfrog
Tagalog palakang-kabkab
  • palakang-kabkabbullfrog
Thai อึ่งอ่าง
  • อึ่งอ่าง (ʉ̀ng-àang)bullfrog
Turkish boğa kurbağası
  • boğa kurbağasıbullfrog

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bullfrog

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Cite this entry
APA

bullfrog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfrog

MLA

“bullfrog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfrog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullfrog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfrog.

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