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Definition of Obstetrical toad

1. Noun. European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstetrical Toad

Literary usage of Obstetrical toad

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

1. Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology by John Broadus Watson (1914)
"Certain observations upon the obstetrical toad (Alytes obstetricans) have, ... The obstetrical toad is ordinarily exceptional in its mode of reproduction. ..."

2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"An interesting European species is the obstetrical toad, Alytes obstetricans (Fig. 436). The male of this toad carries the Fro. 436- — The °b- egg strings ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"... obstetrical toad dancing on the nose of their mother in extravagant attitudes, butterflies and other insects flying about bouquets of dried flowers, ..."

4. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"The male of the obstetrical toad of Europe (Al'ytes obstet'ricus) winds the eggs around his legs, and, seeking a safe place, guards them till they hatch. ..."

5. American Medicine (1920)
"... his companion.1 Lasting marriages unto death which may •The obstetrical toad embraces his female with his fore-legs around her lumbar region, ..."

6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The midwife wonder'd, and the women cried "0, Jesus bless us, he is born with teeth ! " Shale., 3 Hen. VI., v. 6. 74. Midwife toad, the obstetrical toad or ..."

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