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Webster 1913 Edition


Parotoid

Par′o-toid

,
Adj.
[
Parot
id +
-oid
.]
(Anat.)
Resembling the parotid gland; – applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
Noun.
A parotoid gland.

Definition 2024


parotoid

parotoid

English

Adjective

parotoid (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Resembling the parotid gland; applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.

Noun

parotoid (plural parotoids)

  1. (anatomy) A parotoid gland.