- Main Entry:
- co·qui

- Pronunciation:
-
\kō-ˈkē\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- American Spanish coquí
- Date:
- circa 1903
: a small chiefly nocturnal arboreal frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) native to Puerto Rico that has a high-pitched call and has been introduced into Hawaii and southern Florida