obstetrical toad

1. 1.

   European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch

   Synonymsmidwife toadAlytes obstetricans

   Broaderfrog

   Part ofAlytes

Questions about obstetrical toad

What does obstetrical toad mean?

obstetrical toad means "European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch".

What is another word for obstetrical toad?

Close synonyms include midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obstetrical toad a common word?

obstetrical toad is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.