ranid
English
Etymology
From taxonomic name Rana + -id, after taxonomic name Ranidae.[1]
Adjective
ranid (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the true frogs.
- 2000 June 25, E[dward] O[sborne] Wilson, “The Writing Life”, in The Washington Post[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 August 2017:
- The theory of faunal dominance holds that while evolution occurs everywhere, certain land masses generate disproportionately more terrestrial and aquatic groups, such as the familiar murid rodents and ranid frogs, which are able to colonize and dominate other land masses.
Noun
ranid (plural ranids)
References
- ^ “ranid, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.