English Dictionary

hip pocket frog

名詞

Either of two species of frog, Assa darlingtoni and Assa wollumbin, endemic to eastern Australia, notable in that the males have subcutaneous pouches on their hips in which they carry their tadpoles until they metamorphosize.

日本語の意味

オーストラリア東部在来の2種類のカエル（Assa darlingtoni および Assa wollumbin）を指し、オスが腰の皮下にある袋にオタマジャクシを携えて成長させる特徴を持つカエル。

The hip pocket frog is remarkable because the males carry their tadpoles in small pouches on their hips until they metamorphose.

このオーストラリア固有のカエルは、雄が腰の小さな袋にオタマジャクシを入れて変態するまで運ぶため、注目に値する。

意味（1）

Either of two species of frog, Assa darlingtoni and Assa wollumbin, endemic to eastern Australia, notable in that the males have subcutaneous pouches on their hips in which they carry their tadpoles until they metamorphosize.

The frogs are commonly referred to as pouched or hip pocket frogs, or sometimes the marsupial frog. […] “The hip pocket frog is not only unique for its amazing breeding biology among Australian frogs, but it is also unique among frogs of the world,” said the University of Newcastle’s Michael Mahony, one of the researchers who discovered the frog.

hip pocket frogs （ plural ）