ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_pəˈdād.(ˌ)ēz noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from poly- + Greek pēdētēs leaper, dancer, from pēdan to leap, jump; akin to Latin ped-, pes foot — more at foot
: a genus (the type of the family Polypedatidae) of Old World tree frogs related to the Ranidae but distinguished by cylindrical transverse sacral processes