BLOODNOUN

PRONUNCIATION: (BLUHD-naun)

MEANING: noun: A bullfrog -- a heavy-bodied frog having a deep resonant croak. Also known as bloody noun.

ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1910.
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BROODNOUN - a swarm of bullfrog tadpoles

BLOODNOUS - our French relatives

BLOODNOON - when a solar eclipse occurs precisely at midday and everything looks reddish just prior to totality