spring peeper
noun/ˌsprɪŋ ˈpiːpə(r)/
/ˌsprɪŋ ˈpiːpər/
(also peeper)
(North American English)- a small American frog with grey-brown skin, the males of which make a short, high sound in the spring
- I remember as a child hearing the spring peepers.
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