English Explanatory Dictionary

spadefoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
  2. Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
  3. Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
  4. Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
  5. Notaden (Australian spadefoots)

Word forms

spadefoot spadefoots spadefeet spade-foot spade foot

Etymology

From spade + foot.

Synonyms

spadefoot toad

Derived words

North American spadefoot western spadefoot
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