frogmouth
noun
frogmouth is a noun meaning “Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae in the order Podargiformes, native to Australia and southern Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-O-G-M-O-U-T-H and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of frogmouth is frogmouths.
What does frogmouth mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several nocturnal, insectivorous birds, of the family Podargidae in the order Podargiformes, native to Australia and southern Asia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce frogmouth?
Frogmouth has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frogmouth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frogmouth
- frogmouths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is frogmouth?
Frogmouth appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Frogmouth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird of the family Podargidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | podarge |
| German | Eulenschwalme |
| Spanish | podárgido, podargo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does frogmouth come from?
From frog + mouth, from its mouth shape.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).