Similar words: call a spade a spade, footpad, spade, spader, in spades, barefoot, forefoot, spadework. Meaning: n. a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot.
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(1) Couch's spadefoot sounds like an unhappy goat.
(2) The extent to which spadefoot tadpoles become cannibalistic varies between the different species and according to ecological circumstance.
(3) Within the burrow, the spadefoot achieves a high degree of protection from the relentless heat of the desert sand above. Sentencedict.com
(4) Whatever the case, the mass emergence of spadefoot toads into the night is an unforgettable experience.
(5) So until it rains, the spadefoot sits immobile in its burrow, an unsuspected living presence beneath the parched desert floor.
(6) Western spadefoot toads burrow into the wash bottom, emerging to produce another batch of mosquito larvae-eating tadpoles during the summer rains.
(7) The spadefoot toad can manage the whole process, from egg to tadpole to toad, in as little as ten days.
(8) The spadefoot toad feeds on smaller prey such as grasshoppers, spiders and caterpillars.
(9) The tadpoles of some spadefoot toads are gregarious and form large moving shoals.
(10) A desert spadefoot frog surfaces with a wary stare at Australia's Alice Springs Desert Park.
(11) It is typical of species that breed in short-lived pools, like the spadefoot toad.
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