| / English Dictionary |
SPADEFOOT TOAD
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
Synonyms:
spadefoot; spadefoot toad
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spadefoot toad" is a kind of...):
anuran; batrachian; frog; salientian; toad; toad frog (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spadefoot toad"):
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)
Holonyms ("spadefoot toad" is a member of...):
family Pelobatidae; Pelobatidae (the amphibian family of spadefoot toads)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
