Meanings
plural shovelnose frogs
- Any of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.
Shovelnose frogs, fat little things, lumpy-backed and moss-coloured, come together to mate, the male climbing on the back of the female as she digs down into the ground away from the river.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 25Synonyms: snout-burrower
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of a group of moderate-sized frogs in the genus Hemisus and family Hemisotidae, which have a small upturned nose.
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shovelnose frog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shovelnose%20frog
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