SPADEFOOT TOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spadefoot toad mean? 

• SPADEFOOT TOAD (noun)
  The noun SPADEFOOT TOAD has 1 sense:

1. a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

  Familiarity information: SPADEFOOT TOAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPADEFOOT TOAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

spadefoot; spadefoot toad

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)