ribbed toad

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   western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ

   Synonymstailed frogbell toadtailed toadAscaphus trui

   Broaderfrog

   Part ofAscaphus

Questions about ribbed toad

What does ribbed toad mean?

ribbed toad means "western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ".

What is another word for ribbed toad?

Close synonyms include tailed frog, bell toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui. 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 ribbed toad a common word?

ribbed 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.