poison dart frog

English

Etymology

So called because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.

Noun

poison dart frog (plural poison dart frogs)

1. Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.

Synonyms

• (frog in Dendrobatidae): poison arrow frog, dart frog, poison frog

Derived terms

• green and black poison-dart frog
• imitator poison-dart frog
• strawberry poison-dart frog
• yellow poison-dart

Translations

frog of the family Dendrobatidae

• Finnish: nuolimyrkkysammakko
• Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ chʼał kʼaasdáhígíí
• Polish: drzewołaz m
• Swedish: pilgiftsgroda c