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Webster 1913 Edition


Pipa

Pi-pa

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Pipas
.
(Zool.)
The Surinam toad (
Pipa Americana
), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
☞ The male places the eggs on the back of the female, where they soon become inclosed in capsules formed by the thickening of the skin. The incubation of the eggs takes place in the capsules, and the young, when hatched, come forth with well developed legs.

Definition 2024


pípá

pípá

See also: pipa, PIPA, pípa, and pipă

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Romanization

pípá (Zhuyin ㄆㄧˊ ㄆㄚˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 琵琶