HyperDic: hyla_crucifer

English > 1 sense of the expression *Hyla crucifer*:
NOUN	animal	Hyla crucifer, spring peeper	a small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring

English > *Hyla crucifer*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A small brown tree toad having a shrill call heard near wetlands of eastern United States and Canada in early spring.
Synonym	spring peeper
Member of	Hyla, genus Hyla	The type genus of the Hylidae
Broader	tree toad, tree frog, tree-frog	arboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe