Alytes

noun

midwife toads

• Syn: ↑genus Alytes

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Discoglossidae, ↑family Discoglossidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑obstetrical toad, ↑midwife toad, ↑Alytes obstetricans, ↑Alytes cisternasi

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\\ˈaləˌtēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from Greek alytos not to be loosed or broken, from a- a- (II) + lytos capable of being loosed, from lyein to loose; probably from the chainlike strings of eggs fastened to the male — more at lose

: a genus of toads (family Discoglossidae) comprising the obstetrical toads of southwestern Europe