toad

Definition

  • noun: a small animal that looks like a frog but has dry skin and lives on land
  • noun: any of numerous anuran amphibians (especially family Bufonidae) that are distinguished from the related frogs by being more terrestrial in habit though returning to water to lay their eggs, by having a build that is squatter and shorter with weaker and shorter hind limbs, and by having skin that is rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and moist
  • synonyms: batrachian, paddock, toadlet

Examples

  • He's such a mean little 'toad'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) . Maybe you can come visit me in the swamp sometime. I'll cook all kinds ofstuff foryou. Swamp toad soup, fiish eye tartare-- you name it. I'd like that. Um, Princess? - - Yes, Shrek? (..)
    2001 Shrek