Discoglossidae

plural noun

Dis·​co·​glos·​si·​dae

: a family of Old World toads characterized by a fixed disklike tongue and having as well-known representatives the obstetrical toad and the fire-bellied toad

discoglossoid

¦⸗⸗¦gläˌsȯid

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Discoglossus, type genus (from disc- + -glossus, from Greek glōssa tongue) + -idae

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