Save Gender Feminine Usage Astronomy Pronounced Pron. /ˈdɪf.də/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Arabic ضِفْدَع (ḍifda') "frog", taken from the phrase ضفدع الثاني (aḍ-ḍifdaʿ aṯ-ṯānī) meaning "the second frog". This is the name of a star in the constellation Cetus.