SCAPHIOPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scaphiopus mean? 

• SCAPHIOPUS (noun)
  The noun SCAPHIOPUS has 1 sense:

1. New World spadefoot toads

  Familiarity information: SCAPHIOPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAPHIOPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World spadefoot toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Scaphiopus; Scaphiopus

Hypernyms ("Scaphiopus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Scaphiopus"):

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 ("Scaphiopus" is a member of...):

family Pelobatidae; Pelobatidae (the amphibian family of spadefoot toads)