צְפַרְדֵּעַ, c. (b. h.) frog. Ker. 13ᵇ. Toh. V, 1; 4. Snh. 67ᵇ (ref. to Ex. VIII, 2) צ׳ אחת היתה וכ׳ originally there was only one frog &c.; Ex. R. s. 10. Ib. אני עושה שליחותי … ע"י צ׳ I have my message carried, and be it even through a serpent, a scorpion or a frog; a. fr.—Pl. צְפַרְדְּעִים, צְפַרְדְּעִין. Ib. השחתת הצ׳ the ruin which the frogs effected. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 66ᵇ ואח"כ … קולנין (כגון) צ׳ and then he sent them criers (heralds), that is the frogs; Pesik. R. s. 17; a. e.