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ranid

(ˈrɑːnɪd)
n
(Animals) any frog of the family Ranidae
adj
of, relating to, or resembling a frog of the family Ranidae
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ran•id

(ˈræn ɪd, ˈreɪ nɪd)
adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the frog family Ranidae, characterized by smooth, moist skin and semiaquatic habits.
n.
2. frog1 (def. 2).
[1885–90; < New Latin Ranidae=Ran(a) a genus (Latin rāna frog) + -idae -id2]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.ranid - insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legsranid - insectivorous usually semiaquatic web-footed amphibian with smooth moist skin and long hind legs
true frog
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
family Ranidae, Ranidae - a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs
Rana sylvatica, wood frog, wood-frog - wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American woodlands especially spruce
leopard frog, Rana pipiens, spring frog - common North American green or brownish frog having white-edged dark oval spots
bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana - largest North American frog; highly aquatic with a deep-pitched voice
green frog, Rana clamitans, spring frog - similar to bullfrog; found in or near marshes and ponds; of United States and Canada
cascades frog, Rana cascadae - mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California
goliath frog, Rana goliath - largest living frog; up to a foot and weighing up to 10 lbs; Africa
pickerel frog, Rana palustris - a meadow frog of eastern North America
Rana tarahumarae, tarahumara frog - Mexican frog found within a jump or two of water
grass frog, Rana temporaria - a common semiterrestrial European frog
frog legs - hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken
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(2009), who found ranid tadpole alarm cue (pheromone) is contained in tadpole skin cell vesicles and is only released via an active secretory process.
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A skeletochronological study on a subtropical, riparian ranid (Rana swinhoana) from different elevations in Taiwan.
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(2000) Effect of food and predators on the activity of four larval ranid frogs.
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The Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) is a highly aquatic ranid frog residing in wetlands and slow-moving streams of the Pacific Northwest (Hayes 1997).
Histology reveals testicular oocytes and trematode cysts in the threatened Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa)
2017 Preliminary estimation of home range size for Meristogenys orphnocnemis, a common Bornean Ranid, in an altered forest ecosystem using radiotelemetry.
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The sequence (450 bp) indicated that the frog was a ranid species in the genus Phrynobatrachus, most likely P.
Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) infection in a wild-caught frog, Chad
In Batrachovirus, the ranid herpesvirus 1 (RaHV-1) can be found in different leopard frog (Rana pipiens) (sub) species and has been identified as the causative agent of renal adenocarcinoma [4], and the ranid herpesvirus 2 (RaHV-2), which can cause infections in a lot of species of the family Ranidae (pets and wild) leading to skin lesions and sometimes inducing tumors [5].
Is There Any Species Specificity in Infections with Aquatic Animal herpesviruses?--The koi herpesvirus (KHV): An Alloherpesvirus model
It was suggested recently that two subtypes of AQP6vs contribute to cutaneous water absorption in Ranid species.
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PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF 5 RANAVIRUS ISOLATES FROM RANID FROGS
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Nowotny, "Antimicrobial peptides from ranid frogs: taxonomic and phylogenetic markers and a potential source of new therapeutic agents," Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, vol.
AcT-2: a novel myotropic and antimicrobial type 2 tryptophyllin from the skin secretion of the Central American red-eyed leaf frog, Agalychnis callidryas
McIlroy "three miles west from where the others were secured." Four of the other ranid species (Lithobates catesbeianus, L.
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