Spadefoot

Spade´foot`    (spād´fŎt`)

n.

1.

(Zool.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; - called also spade toad.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spadefoot - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot spadefoot toad anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toads Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot - this spadefoot toad live in California Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot - this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons - this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains