spring peeper

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Etymology

Because it peeps (makes a sound) in the spring (the season).

Noun

spring peeper (plural spring peepers)

  1. A small chorus frog of North America (Pseudacris crucifer).
    Synonym: pinkletink
    • 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville, Penguin, published 1994, page 297:
      It was May before the skunk cabbage began to push up through the ooze of the swamps, before the rhubarb reddened to the back corner of the garden and the spring peepers finally emerged and began abrading the edges of the night with their lovesick vibrato.

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