spadefoot

Definitions of spadefoot

1. noun

   a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
   synonyms: spadefoot toad

   types:

   Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad live in California

   Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States

   Scaphiopus bombifrons, plains spadefoot

   this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains

   type of:

   anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog

   any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species