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Spadefoot

Spadefoot \Spade"foot`\ (sp[=a]d"f[oo^]t`), n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; -- called also spade toad.

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spadefoot

n. Any of several burrowing toads, of the genus (taxlink Caphiopus genus noshow=1), with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.

WordNet
spadefoot

n. burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot [syn: spadefoot toad]

Wikipedia
Spadefoot

'''Spadefoot ''' refers to the following toads:

  • Scaphiopodidae - American spadefoot toads
  • Borneophrys - Edwardina's spadefoot toads
  • Pelobates - European spadefoot toads
  • Notaden - genus that includes Australian spadefoot

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Usage examples of "spadefoot".

Nor did Auld Black Agnes, nor the yage-witch whose use-name no living being knew, nor Lady Nightlady, nor Spadefoot, nor Annie Hop-the-Frog, nor Daddy Finger-bones, nor any of the others.

African liquor from the Sudan or the Congo or someplace, made, I think, from fermented yams and spadefoot toads.