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Webster 1913 Edition


Unke


Un′ke

,
Noun.
[G.
unke
.]
(Zool.)
A European aquatic toad (
Bombinator igneus
). Its back is dark; its belly is marked with crimson. Called also
feuerkröte
.

Definition 2024


Unke

Unke

See also: unke

German

Rotbauchunke

Noun

Unke f (genitive Unke, plural Unken)

  1. fire-bellied toad (genus Bombina).
    • 2005, Cornelia Funke, Tintenblut, ISBN 3-7915-0467-3
      Unkenaugen blickten ihn an aus einem fast menschlichen Antlitz, das lange Haar trieb im Wasser wie Gras, ebenso grün und fein.
      Toad-eyes looked at him from an almost human face, the long hair floated in the water like grass, just as green and fine.

Declension

Synonyms

  • (archaic) Feuerkröte

Derived terms

unke

unke

See also: Unke

English

Noun

unke

  1. A European aquatic toad (Bombinator igneus).