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spadefoot

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  1. Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs: Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
  2. Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs: Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
  3. Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs: Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
  4. Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs: Notaden (Australian spadefoots)

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