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Toad

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Noun

1. anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Toad

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noun
1. 
any anuran amphibian of the class Bufonidae, such as Bufo bufo (common toad) of Europe. They are similar to frogs but are more terrestrial, having a drier warty skin
▶ Related adjective: batrachian
2. 
any of various similar amphibians of different families
3. 
a loathsome person

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Toad

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noun
1. 
any of several families of tailless, leaping anuran amphibians (esp. family Bufonidae) with a rough, warty skin: normally they eat insects and live on moist land but when breeding they live in water
2. 
a person regarded as loathsome, contemptible, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Toad

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n.
1. Any of various anuran amphibians especially of the family Bufonidae, characteristically being more terrestrial and having drier, rougher skin and shorter legs than the smooth-skinned frogs.
2. A horned lizard.
3. A person regarded as repulsive.

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