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SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Scaphiopus bombifrons mean?
• SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS (noun)
The noun SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS has 1 sense:
1. this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
Familiarity information: SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
This spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
plains spadefoot; Scaphiopus bombifrons
Hypernyms ("Scaphiopus bombifrons" is a kind of...):
spadefoot; spadefoot toad (a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot)
Holonyms ("Scaphiopus bombifrons" is a member of...):
genus Scaphiopus; Scaphiopus (New World spadefoot toads)
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