true toad

toad

(toʊd)

n.

1. any of various mostly terrestrial, tailless amphibians related to frogs of the order Anura, typically having dry, warty skin. Compare frog ¹ (def. 1).

2. Also called true toad. a toad of the family Bufonidae, having relatively short hind legs and warty skin.Compare frog¹ (def. 2).

3. a disgusting person or thing.

[before 1000; Middle English tode, Old English tāde, tādi(g)e]

toad′ish, toad′like`, adj.

toad′ish•ness, n.

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Noun

1.

true toad - tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species Bufonidae, family Bufonidae - true toads bufo - any toad of the genus Bufo agua, agua toad, Bufo marinus - largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests Bufo bufo, European toad - common toad of Europe Bufo calamita, natterjack - common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops American toad, Bufo americanus - common toad of America Bufo viridis, Eurasian green toad - Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring American green toad, Bufo debilis - small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes Bufo canorus, Yosemite toad - of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders Bufo speciosus, Texas toad - nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest Bufo microscaphus, southwestern toad - a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States Bufo boreas, western toad - of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies

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