frog
/fɹɔɡ/ noun A1- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- A member of this class that is not a toad.
- The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
Plural frogs
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## The Ox and the Frog
AN OX drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs and crushed one of them to death.
“He is dead, dear Mother; for just now a very huge beast with four great feet came to the pool and crushed him to death with his cloven heel.” The Frog, puffing herself out, inquired, “if the beast was as big as that in size.” “Cease, Mother, to puff yourself out,” said her son, “and do not be angry; for you would, I assure you, sooner burst than successfully imitate the hugeness of that monster.”
## The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
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