spadefoot means any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.; Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From spade + foot.
noun
- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.; Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.; Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.; Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.; Notaden (Australian spadefoots)