PLAINS SPADEFOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plains spadefoot mean? 

• PLAINS SPADEFOOT (noun)
  The noun PLAINS SPADEFOOT has 1 sense:

1. this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains

  Familiarity information: PLAINS SPADEFOOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAINS SPADEFOOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

This spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plains spadefoot; Scaphiopus bombifrons

Hypernyms ("plains spadefoot" is a kind of...):

spadefoot; spadefoot toad (a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot)

Holonyms ("plains spadefoot" is a member of...):

genus Scaphiopus; Scaphiopus (New World spadefoot toads)