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true toad — true′ toad′ n. ram toad 2) … From formal English to slang
True toad — Taxobox name = True toads fossil range = Fossil range/Sandbox|57|0Late Paleocene – Recent image width = 240px image caption = Golden Toad, Bufo periglenes regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Bufonidae… … Wikipedia
true toad — noun tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin • Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian • Hyponyms: ↑bufo, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
toad — toadish, toadlike, adj. toadishness, n. toadless, adj. /tohd/, n. 1. any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in… … Universalium
Toad — NOTOC A toad can refer to a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura. A distinction is often made between frogs and toads by their appearance, prompted by the convergent adaptation among so called toads to dry habitats. Many toads often … Wikipedia
toad frog — noun any of various tailless stout bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species • Syn: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian • Derivationally related forms: ↑batrachian ( … Useful english dictionary
Toad (disambiguation) — A toad is a species within the amphibian order Anura.Toad may also refer to:In zoology: *True toad, anurans within the family BufonidaeIn fiction: * Mr. Toad, a character in Kenneth Grahame s The Wind in the Willows * Toad of Toad Hall, a stage… … Wikipedia
toad — [[t]toʊd[/t]] n. 1) ram any of various mostly terrestrial, tailless amphibians related to frogs of the order Anura, typically having dry, warty skin Compare frog I, 1) 2) ram Also called true toad a toad of the family Bufonidae, having relatively … From formal English to slang
True and Untrue — is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.ynopsisTwo brothers were known as True and Untrue for their natures. They set out to seek their fortunes. Untrue persuaded True to let them both eat his food first, and when that was eaten … Wikipedia
toad bug — any of several small broad aquatic insect eating hemipterous insects of the family Gelastocoridae, having toadlike characteristics. [1900 05] * * * ▪ insect any of some 100 species of insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that resemble… … Universalium
