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natterjack|ˈnætədʒæk|
[Of obscure formation.]
A somewhat rare British species of toad (Bufo calamita), having a light yellow stripe down the back, and distinguished from the ordinary toad by its superior agility. Also attrib. with toad.
1769Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 12 This species..is found on Putney Common, and also near Revesby Abby, Lincolnshire, where it is called the Natter Jack. 1831Darwin in Life (1887) I. 187 To Galinghay, to see the wild lily of the valley, and to catch on the heath the rare natter-jack. 1863Intell. Observer Oct. 228 The natterjack is very abundant in South Lancashire in all the ditches in those parts near the coast. 1870H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 458 The Natter-jack Toad is the only other British species. |