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SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scaphiopus bombifrons mean? 

SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS (noun)
  The noun SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCAPHIOPUS BOMBIFRONS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plains spadefoot; Scaphiopus bombifrons

Hypernyms ("Scaphiopus bombifrons" 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 ("Scaphiopus bombifrons" is a member of...):

genus Scaphiopus; Scaphiopus (New World spadefoot toads)


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