HyperDic: spadefoot_toad

English > 1 sense of the expression spadefoot toad:
NOUNanimalspadefoot toad, spadefoota burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection / projection on each hind foot
English > spadefoot toad: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection / projection on each hind foot.
Synonymspadefoot
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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