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RIBBED TOAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ribbed toad mean?
• RIBBED TOAD (noun)
The noun RIBBED TOAD has 1 sense:
1. western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ
Familiarity information: RIBBED TOAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ascaphus trui; bell toad; ribbed toad; tailed frog; tailed toad
Hypernyms ("ribbed 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)
Holonyms ("ribbed toad" is a member of...):
Ascaphus; genus Ascaphus (type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae)
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