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frogspawn

noun

Etymology

From frog + spawn.

  1. derived from expandere — “stretch out; spread out”
  2. derived from espandre
  3. derived from espaundre
  4. inherited from spawnen
  5. compounded as frogspawn — “frog + spawn”

Definitions

  1. A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA