true toad

Questions about true toad

What does true toad mean?

true toad means "tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin".

Is true toad a common word?

true toad is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.