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bullfrog

[bool-frog, -frawg] / ˈbʊlˌfrɒg, -ˌfrɔg /
NOUN
frog
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An African bullfrog lunges for a babul butterfly but misses.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Researchers reviewed existing scientific literature, examined museum specimens from around the world, analyzed fungal genetics from Brazilian bullfrog farms, and studied bullfrogs sold internationally.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

The first season, titled “Cabin in the Woods,” followed a mouse, a raccoon and a bullfrog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025

By the time spring arrived, not a single bullfrog remained; maybe half of the usual contingent of green frogs appeared to have survived.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

The bullfrog spoke again, and from behind them, far back in some reedy, secret place, another bullfrog answered.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit

At one point, there’s a baby race, in which a handful of fans bring their babies onto the field to race like bullfrogs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Cullmann had noticed tadpoles on a previous visit after heavy rains and returned the following month to find ponds and puddles full of young bullfrogs.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

According to earlier research published in Molecular Ecology in 2014, Bd-Brazil was already present in Brazil by 1916, about 20 years before bullfrogs were introduced.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

To Walter Kerr, also writing in The Times, she was “that cousin of bullfrogs and consort of weary gods,” described as “discreet, dangerous … and gratifyingly funny.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024

Back in the meadow he had listened to bullfrogs, and woodchucks, and rabbits, even a few snakes, but he had never heard anyone speak like Tucker Mouse.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden


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