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frog
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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1996
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frog. Device in str. instr. which secures hair of the bow and holds it away from the stick at the lower end. Sometimes called ‘heel’ or ‘nut’.
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Frog Riddles.
Magazine article from: Boy's Quest; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; (1.) Which frog is from Africa and is the forked end of a hammer? (2.) Which frog is elaborately decorated and plays a trumpet-like instrument? (3.) Which frog is a Philistine giant? (4.) Which frog is destructive, harmful, and...
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin)")
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Frogs.(SCIENCE)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition 1 (including Science Spin); 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How Do Frogs Eat? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A frog has a sticky tongue...drew a long tongue for my frog. Why do frogs need long tongues...Where might you see a frog? Background Information Frogs can live in water or on...
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 "Courier News (Elgin, IL)")
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Calling frogs indicator of changes 'Canary in the coal mine'
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 4/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...confirmed to have cricket frogs," Boehmer said. Some frog species are more abundant...for the bullfrog and green frog, most frogs don't like detention ponds...that would bring back the frogs. Fish, a frog's natural predator, might...
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Frogs bring smiles
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/28/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...summer; old-fashioned frog-jumping contests. And -- far from poison -- frogs' legs on the menu at French...And hear 12 different frogs and toads (speaking frog and toad) at www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs.html. Send questions...
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Frogs and toads.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 10/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...called camouflage. Frogs and toads help farmers...destroying insects. One frog can eat as many as...warts from touching a frog or toad. Frogs do not drink. They...blowing out your sticky frog tongue! DID YOU KNOW?? Some types of frogs can lay up to 1000...
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Frog power!(how frogs protect themselves from predators)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; It's a frog-eat-frog world out there. Most frogs aren't strong enough to fight off an attacker...a big surprise. Really! See the two Amazon leaf frogs above? The lower frog is all tucked in and doesn't look like much of anything...
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Frog Sounds Recording
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 8/27/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...stimulus for tree frogs to start calling. The squirrel tree frog clinging to a limb...have to imagine that frogs don't say to each other: gee, that frog has beautiful eyes...and other one a pig frog. They certainly sound...there. SOUNDBITE OF FROGS MIMICKING CRICKETS...
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 "Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)")
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Frogs and toads are good low-maintenance pets.
Newspaper article from: Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA); 10/17/2006; 700+ words
; ...amphibians are for you. FROG VS. TOAD: Although...differences between frogs and toads, said...branches as much as frogs. If you have a 4-inch frog, you don't need...between $40-$60. Frogs and toads mainly...Depending on the frog, you can feed them...
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Frogs and toads are your friends; get out and meet some of them
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 6/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...a great time to go frog and toad watching...breed and lay eggs. Frogs and toads always return...in the same place. Frog ears (which look...of other kinds of frogs - otherwise it could...or early July wood frog tadpoles will have...teeny- tiny wood frogs less than an inch...
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Frog watching. (Fantastic Journeys).
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...collect data on their local frog populations. I monitor frogs living along a creek. Volunteers...what we are really doing is frog listening. Frogs are hard to see, but they...movie, it is a Pacific tree frog. Red-legged frogs are a threatened species...
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frog
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
frog common name for an...the order Anura. Frogs are found all over...dozen families of frogs; the term "true frog" is often applied...many of the commonest frogs of North America...and the leopard frog, R. pipiens. Species...
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Frogs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...commonly referred to as frogs. Frogs and their ancestors are...terrestrial vertebrates. A frog-like fossil animal more...locomotion. Among aquatic frogs, the hind limbs also provide...propulsion for swimming. The frog skeleton has been evolutionarily...
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The Frogs
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
The Frogs Folk rock band For the Record … The folk rock band the Frogs have been performing and recording their masterful...brothers Jimmy and Dennis Flemion at the helm, the Frogs began performing their own brand of folk rock music...
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tree frog
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
tree frog name for any of the...or shrub-inhabiting frogs of the family Hylidae...In one group of tree frogs the eggs are carried...North American cricket frog ( Acris crepitans ), are not arboreal. Tree frogs are classified in the...
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Frog’s-bit Family
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Frog ’ s-bit Family The frog ’ s-bit or tape-grass family (Hydrocharitaceae...in fresh and marine waters. There are about 100 species in the frog ’ s-bit family, distributed among 15 genera. Hydrocharitaceae...
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