ALYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alytes mean? 

• ALYTES (noun)
  The noun ALYTES has 1 sense:

1. midwife toads

  Familiarity information: ALYTES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALYTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Midwife toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alytes; genus Alytes

Hypernyms ("Alytes" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Alytes" is a member of...):

Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae (family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue)