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| a small, bright-colored terrestrial frog of the family Dendrobatidae, of Central and South American rain forests, that secretes a virulent poison from its skin, once used on the tips of Indian hunting arrows. |
| poi·son-ar·row frog (poi'zən-ār'ō) n. Any of several small, often brightly colored terrestrial frogs that inhabit the rain forests of Central and South America and secrete from their skin some of the most poisonous biological toxins known, such as batrachotoxin. [From the use of the frog's toxic secretions to coat arrowheads.] |