Meanings
plural pobblebonks
- Any of various Australian frogs of the genus Limnodynastes.
In a good breeding year pobblebonks can be so loud you have to shout above them if you have anything to say[…].
2013, Nick Romanowski, Living Waters, CSIRO Publishing, page 652 more examples
Perhaps the most distinctive call in the Calosoma chorus is that of the local Pobblebonk (Limnodynastes dumerili).
1978, Barry P. Moore, Life on Forty Acres: Some Experiences of a Naturalist Living in the Australian Bush, Classey, page 113The Cane Toad can be confused with some native frogs including water-holding frogs (Cyclorana species), barred frogs (Mixophyes species) and burrowing species of Limnodynastes, especially the Banjo Frog (or Pobblebonk), Limnodynastes dumerili.
2011, Simon Watharow, Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles, CSIRO Publishing, page 112
Origin
Onomatopoeic, after the frog's distinctive call.
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