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cane toad
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cane toad
n.
A large poisonous toad, Bufo marinus, native to Central and South America and widely exported in the 1930s to control sugar cane beetles. Also called marine toad.

cane toad
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large toad, Bufo marinus, native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations Also called giant toad marine toad


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95) tells of Limpy, who has a vision of a wonderful world where cane toads and humans can play in the mud together.
In the Northern Territory, children as young as 12 are licking cane toads in an attempt to get high.
Dohm and his colleagues at the University of Hawaii at Hilo placed cane toads (Buff) marinus), collected locally, into a chamber for 4 hours with air containing 0.
 
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