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GENUS ALYTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alytes mean?
• GENUS ALYTES (noun)
The noun GENUS ALYTES has 1 sense:
1. midwife toads
Familiarity information: GENUS ALYTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Midwife toads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alytes; genus Alytes
Hypernyms ("genus Alytes" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Alytes"):
Alytes obstetricans; midwife toad; obstetrical toad (European toad whose male carries the fertilized eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch)
Alytes cisternasi; midwife toad (similar in habit to Alytes obstetricians)
Holonyms ("genus Alytes" is a member of...):
Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae (family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue)
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