1) Amphibian family 2) Family ranidae 
family of wide-ranging frogs of the order Anura, containing several genera and more than 600 species. Representatives occur on every continent ... [1 related articles]
The family of true frogs of the order anura. The family occurs worldwide except in antarctica. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
[n] - nearly cosmopolitan family: true frogs
Ranidae In vertebrate zoology, the riparian frogs, a family of the order Anura containing about 600 species of moderate-sized to large frogs; nearly worldwide in distribution.
family Ranidae noun a family nearly cosmopolitan in distribution: true frogs