hylodes Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hy*lo"des noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. woody, wooded, muddy; a wood + form.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.

Webster 1913