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noun
Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: spadefoot toad
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noun
Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: spadefoot toad
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noun
Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: spadefoot toad
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noun
Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
Notaden (Australian spadefoots)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: spadefoot toad
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noun
a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spadefoot toad
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Broader terms: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian
Narrower terms: western spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii, southern spadefoot, Scaphiopus multiplicatus, plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons
History
From spade + foot.
