toad
toad is a 4-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- noun. Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
- noun. any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Synonyms
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian
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