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