Definition of American toad

1. Noun. Common toad of America.

Exact synonyms: Bufo Americanus
Generic synonyms: True Toad

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Toad

American smelt
American smokewood
American smooth dogfish
American spelling
American spellings
American spicebush
American spikenard
American state
American sweet chestnut
American sweet gum
American sweetgum
American sweetgums
American sycamore
American tarantula
American toad (current term)
American trypanosomiasis
American turkey oak
American twinflower
American wall fern
American water ouzel
American water shrew
American water spaniel
American watercress
American white birch
American white oak
American white pine
American widgeon
American widgeons
American wire gauge

Literary usage of American toad

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. North American Anura: Life-histories of the Anura of Ithaca, New York by Albert Hazen Wright (1914)
"... American toad.* The . most familiar amphibian of our country is the common toad ... American toad ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The American toad seems to attain a greater size than Fowler's toad, the head and body of a female specimen collected by Mr. Dwight Franklin in Pike County, ..."

3. England: With Sketches of Society in the Metropolis by James Fenimore Cooper (1837)
"Dancing. — Englishwomen.—Balls.—Exclusive Society.— American toad-eaters.—A subtle distinction of Character.—Sir James Scarlett.—Ludicrous Mistake. ..."

4. Read & Understand, Nonfiction Grades 4-6 by Tekla N. White, Marilyn Evans, Evan-Moor Corporation (1999)
"American toad The American toad can be found in the Eastern United States ... The colors of the American toad vary, but generally it is a brownish olive. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... have never been able positively to trace the clear, trilled song, lasting from 10 to 30 seconds, to any but the American toad, Bufo americanus Le Conte. ..."

6. Spanish/English Read & Understand Nonfiction by Delana Heidrich, Kathleen Simpson, Ana Shirazi, Tekla White (2005)
"American toad The American toad can be found in the Eastern United States ... The colors of the American toad vary, but generally it is a brownish olive. ..."

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