Scaphiopus

noun

New World spadefoot toads

• Syn: ↑genus Scaphiopus

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pelobatidae, ↑family Pelobatidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑western spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus hammondii, ↑southern spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus multiplicatus, ↑plains spadefoot, ↑Scaphiopus bombifrons

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\\skəˈfīəpəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Scaphiopod-, Scaphiopus, from Greek skapheion spade + New Latin -pus; akin to Greek skaptein to dig — more at capon

: a genus of toads comprising the American spadefoot toads and being placed in the family Pelobatidae or sometimes made the type of Scaphiopodidae