Vocabulary

Pelobatidae (family of frogs)

Pelodytidae (family of frogs)

Pipidae (family of frogs)

Rhinophrynidae (family of frogs)

brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish

store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

central stalk of a dried rice plant

Titanosaurus (member of a dubious genus of sauropod dinosaurs)

straw work; straw craft

civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood)

Cronquist system (taxonomic classification system of flowering plants)

APG system; Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system

Dutch disease; decline in a country's manufacturing sector owing to increased exploitation of natural resources

environmental studies

research fellow

postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher

postdoc; postdoctoral fellow; postdoctoral researcher

chatting without a break; talking without pause

to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on

uh-huh

with shoes on

false invoice; false billing

genuine article; real thing; real deal

semicircular canal (of the inner ear)

Namiye's frog (Limnonectes namiyei)

Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)

Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)

Holst's frog (Rana holsti)

Ishikawa's frog (Odorrana ishikawae)

Ryukyu tip-nosed frog (Odorrana narina)

bayonet

Anura; order comprising the frogs and toads

Anura; order comprising frogs and toads

tailless aircraft; tail-less airplane

tailless airplane; tail-less airplane

flying wing

lifting body

Temnospondyli; extinct order of tetrapods

Caudata; Urodela; order comprising the salamanders