'Hylodes' definitions:

Definition of 'Hylodes'

From: GCIDE
  • Hylodes \Hy*lo"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? woody, wooded, muddy; ? a wood + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.) The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes. [1913 Webster]