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noun
Anaxyrus boreas, a species of toad whose range extends from the southern coast of Alaska to the western coast of Baja California and to the edge of the Midwest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Bufo boreas
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Broader terms: true toad
History
From western + toad. The vernacular name refers to the taxon's range relative to the rest of the New World, and is not calqued from the taxonomic name, translingual Anaxyrus boreas (literally “northern anaxyrus”).
