spadefoot toad

Questions about spadefoot toad

What does spadefoot toad mean?

spadefoot toad means "a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot".

What is another word for spadefoot toad?

Close synonyms include spadefoot. 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 spadefoot toad a common word?

spadefoot 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.