魔鬼蛙

móguǐwā

noun

Meanings

1 devil frog (Beelzebufo ampinga, a giant extinct frog from Cretaceous Madagascar)

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魔鬼蛙体长可能接近半米，是史前最大的蛙类之一。

Móguǐwā tǐcháng kěnéng jiējìn bàn mǐ, shì shǐqián zuì dà de wā lèi zhī yī.

The devil frog may have reached nearly half a meter in length, one of the largest prehistoric frogs.

科学家推测魔鬼蛙可能会捕食小型恐龙。

Kēxuéjiā tuīcè móguǐwā kěnéng huì bǔshí xiǎoxíng kǒnglóng.

Scientists speculate that the devil frog may have preyed on small dinosaurs.

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history

Described from Late Cretaceous Madagascar in 2008. Its genus name Beelzebufo combines Beelzebub ('lord of the flies') with the Latin bufo (toad), so 魔鬼蛙 ('devil frog') is a direct calque of the Latin.

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魔 mó

鬼 guǐ

蛙 wā