spadefoot
IPA: spˈeɪdfʊt
noun
- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
- Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
- Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
- Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
- Notaden (Australian spadefoots)
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Examples of "spadefoot" in Sentences
- The American spadefoot toads are terrestrial when not under ground.
- The common spadefoot grows to a length of approximately for females.
- This projection enables spadefoot toads to dig in loose soils with ease.
- The ferns, moss and leaf cover there shelter salamanders and spadefoot toads.
- I should really be seeing the western spadefoot toad, not some advertisement.
- There are two spadefoot species in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and California.
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