HyperDic: spadefoot

English > 1 sense of the word spadefoot:
NOUNanimalspadefoot, spadefoot toada burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection / projection on each hind foot
English > spadefoot: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection / projection on each hind foot.
Synonymspadefoot toad
Member ofPelobatidae, family PelobatidaeThe amphibian family of spadefoot toads
Narrowerplains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifronsThis spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
southern spadefoot, Scaphiopus multiplicatusThis spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States
western spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondiiThis spadefoot toad live in California
Broaderfrog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientianAny of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping

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