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Spade´foot` (spād´fŎt`)

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

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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

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