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parotoid, a. (n.) Zool.|pəˈrəʊtɔɪd|
[irreg. f. parotis + -oid.]
Applied to certain glands of the skin forming warty excrescences near the ears in some batrachians, as toads. Also as n.
1873Mivart Elem. Anat. xii. 488 The so-called ‘parotoid’ glands, as in the common Toad. 1875Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 762/1 In many Anura and Urodela these glandular structures attain a greater complication of structure,..and constitute what are termed the ‘parotoid’ glands. |