noun
a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
• Syn: ↑spadefoot
• Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian
• Hyponyms: ↑western spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus hammondii, ↑southern spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus multiplicatus, ↑plains spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus bombifrons
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pelobatidae, ↑family Pelobatidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.