crab-eating frog

noun

A species of frog, Fejervarya cancrivora, native to southeast Asia.

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Meanings

nouncrab-eating frog (plural crab-eating frogs)

plural crab-eating frogs

  1. A species of frog, Fejervarya cancrivora, native to southeast Asia.

    Lo, the crab-eating frog, which lives in mangrove swamps and marshes, and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salty water.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15

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crab-eating frog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crab-eating%20frog

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Chicago

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