Polypedates

noun
Poly·​pe·​da·​tes

Definition of Polypedates

: a genus (the type of the family Polypedatidae) of Old World tree frogs related to the Ranidae but distinguished by cylindrical transverse sacral processes

History and Etymology for Polypedates

New Latin, probably irregular from poly- + Greek pēdētēs leaper, dancer, from pēdan to leap, jump; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot

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