Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A young or small toad.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A small toad.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
juvenile toad.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The desert spadefoots evolved an accelerated development rate — from egg to toadlet in less than two weeks!
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Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Over 30 species of frog have been recorded from the Greater Blue Mountains Area including the giant barred frog Mixophyes iteratus (EN), booroolong frog Litoria booroolongensis (CR) and green & golden bell frog Litoria aurea (VU) plus the red-crowned toadlet Pseudophryne australis (VU) The invertebrate fauna is poorly known, but there are 120 species of butterflies and an estimated 4,000 species of moth.
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There are more than 30 species of amphibian recorded for this hotspot, nearly two-thirds of which are endemic, including four species that represent endemic genera: the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii), Nicholl's toadlet (Metacrinia nichollsi), the sandhill frog (Arenophryne rotunda), and the harlequin frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea, VU).
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This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).
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This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).
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This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).
Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010
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This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).
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