frog

Definitions

• A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura (Anura) that typically hops.
• The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
• (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
• The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
• An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
• (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).