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Webster 1913 Edition

(spād′foŏtˊ)

Noun.

(Zool.)

Any species of burrowing toads of the genus

Scaphiopus

, esp.

Scaphiopus Holbrookii

, of the Eastern United States; – called also

spade toad

See also: spade-foot and spade foot

Mallee Spadefoot Toad (Neobatrachus pictus)

spadefoot ‎(plural spadefoots)

Any of several burrowing toads, of the genus Caphiopus, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.