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Meaning of FROGMOUTH

Pronunciation:  'frâg`mawth

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
 
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 See Also: caprimulgiform bird, family Podargidae, Podargidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Frog"mouth`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of
the genus {Batrachostomus} (family {Podargid[ae]}); -- so
called from their very broad, flat bills.
 

 

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