# poison dart frog

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the poisonous frogs of the family Dendrobatidae.

## Etymology
From poison + dart + frog. Named because a few species were used by Native Americans as a source of poison for blowdarts.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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