ghost frog

noun

Any of a group of frogs in the family Heleophrynidae, which live in mountain streams in South Africa.

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Meanings

nounghost frog (plural ghost frogs)

plural ghost frogs

  1. Any of a group of frogs in the family Heleophrynidae, which live in mountain streams in South Africa.

Origin

Compound of ghost + frog. Perhaps because of their occurrence in Skeleton Gorge.

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APA

ghost frog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20frog

MLA

“ghost frog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20frog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ghost frog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ghost%20frog.

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