spade·foot toad (sp d f t )n. Any of several toads of the family Pelobatidae, widely distributed over Europe, southern Asia, northern Africa, and North America, some of which are able to dig deep burrows easily by means of a horny projection on the side of the hind foot. |
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| Noun | 1. |  spadefoot toad - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind footanuran, 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 |
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