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• toad|eat|er — «TOHD EE tuhr», noun. a fawning flatterer; sycophant; toady. ╂[originally, a charlatan s attendant who pretended to eat toads, so his master might “cure” him of their poison] …   Useful english dictionary

• toad|eat|ing — «TOHD EE tihng», noun, adjective. –n. fawning flattery; sycoancy. –adj. = sycophantic. (Cf. ↑sycophantic) …   Useful english dictionary

• toad — [tōd] n. [ME tode, var. of tadde < OE tadde, tadige] 1. any of several families of tailless, leaping anuran amphibians (esp. family Bufonidae) with a rough, warty skin: normally they eat insects and live on moist land but when breeding they… …   English World dictionary

• toad — toadish, toadlike, adj. toadishness, n. toadless, adj. /tohd/, n. 1. any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in… …   Universalium

• toad — [OE] Toad is a mystery word, with no known relatives in any other Indo European language. Of its derivatives, toady [19] is short for the earlier toad eater ‘sycophant’ [17]. This originated in the dubious selling methods of itinerant quack… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• toad — [OE] Toad is a mystery word, with no known relatives in any other Indo European language. Of its derivatives, toady [19] is short for the earlier toad eater ‘sycophant’ [17]. This originated in the dubious selling methods of itinerant quack… …   Word origins

• Cane Toad — Taxobox name = Cane Toad status = LC status system = IUCN2.3 trend = up status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Solís et al |year=2004|id=41065|title=Bufo marinus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and justification for this… …   Wikipedia

• Cane toad — For other uses, see Cane toads (disambiguation). Cane toad Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Couch's Spadefoot Toad — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

• Fire-bellied toad — Taxobox name = Fire bellied toad image width = 250px image caption = European Fire bellied Toad ( Bombina bombina ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Bombinatoridae genus = Bombina genus authority =… …   Wikipedia