spadefoot

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spadefoot - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind footspadefoot toadanuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial speciesfamily Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toadsScaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot - this spadefoot toad live in CaliforniaScaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot - this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United Statesplains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons - this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains