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spadefoot

  • noun

Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.

Other meanings

  1. Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toad)

  2. Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toad)

A kind of

  • frog

Kinds of spadefoot

  • western spadefoot
  • southern spadefoot
  • plains spadefoot

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “spadefoot” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.