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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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toad OE.
tāde,
tāda, (in place-names), shortening of
tādi(ġ)e, early ME. also
tadde (XII); of unkn. orig. Comp.
toadstool XV (
tode stole; earlier
tad(e) stole XIV).
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Toad-ally out of control: not all amphibians are exactly fragile. There are some bullies in the class. Watch out for invading cane toads and bullfrogs!
Magazine article from: Odyssey; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...ground-dwelling cane toad, and cane toads don't have the ability...marsupials. Terrible Toad Dreams The situation...March 2001, the cane toads reached world heritage...frogs, smaller cane toads, and even dog food! The cane toad is what scientists...
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Toads not hopping to use tunnel
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 6/17/2007; ; 412 words
; ...questioned whether the toads actually ever used the...years, he surveyed for toad larvae -- tadpoles...When the celebrated toad tunnel was being built...Ted Puntillo wrote "The Toads of Davis," a children...undercrossing. He noted that the toad tunnel became "really...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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TOAD SHOWDOWN; EDUCATOR SAYS DAMS HURT HABITAT.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 2/1/1999; 700+ words
; ...especially when the toads are most vulnerable in...everywhere the arroyo toad once lived, from Monterey...shallow pools where the toads breed and live, and strip...even campers catching toads, the other populations...Sweet believes the arroyo toad can be saved. U.S...
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TOAD WON'T BE PUT ON LIST A CONSERVATION GROUP CHALLENGED THE IDEA THAT THIS POPULATION OF BOREAL TOAD WAS NOT SUFFICIENTLY DIFFERENT ENOUGH FROM OTHERS.
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 9/29/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Service will not ignore the toad's plight in spite of...further information on how toads in Colorado are related...taking part on a boreal toad recovery team along with...looking specifically for the toads. Based on a Boreal Toad Recovery Team report from...
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TOAD'S IS BACK; Club to reopen after booze bust
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 8/2/2007; ; 700+ words
; Toad's Place, one of downtown's entertainment...Street remain dark for most of the summer. Toad's did some repainting over the summer and...Badfish, a Sublime tribute act. For many Toad's workers, it means employment for the...
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 "AAP General News (Australia)")
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NT: Toads jumping into town for Xmas - rpt
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 12/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...40 others to bust toads at Leanyer, in Darwin...nabbed her first cane toad almost two years ago...the eradication of toads into a new blood sport...haemorrhoid cream on the toad before humanely freezing...Australia's first toad garden fertiliser...group, all of the toads collected ...
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Toad's-eye view of life gives us plenty to ponder
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 11/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...no one actually knows. Only toads know what it's like to be a toad. Like all animals, and humans, toads do have patterns of behavior...further specify what goes on in a toad's head. The point was that toads that travel certain routes in...
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Bufo toads pose danger to pets
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 3/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...no mistake, bufo toads can kill some dogs...jaws around a cane toad and ingests a big...dangerous part of the toad is a milky white toxin...what some believe, toads do not bite and do...feel threatened, toads squeeze this poison...they bite or lick the toad, or when the poison...
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WYOMING TOAD ONE OF A KIND
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 4/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Lake population of toads." Jennings said the Wyoming toad was listed as endangered...sightings of wild toads since 1987 have been...Lake. The Wyoming Toad Recovery Plan outlines...said the Wyoming toad is distinguished from other toads by the small adult...
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'TOAD DAY OUT': ; Toxic toads targeted in Australia
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 3/27/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...part of the inaugural "Toad Day Out" celebration. The toads will be brought to collection...longtime loather of cane toads who came up with the Toad Day Out idea. "They...highest total weight of toads. Goodies range from cane toad trophies (made of actual...
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Toads
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...of the longest-lived toads was a European common toad ( Bufo bufo ), which...parotoid glands. In large toads, such as the cane toad, the quantity and toxicity...that foolishly takes a toad into its mouth. Although toads are relatively resistant...
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toad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cut distinction between toads and frogs, the name toad commonly refers to those...americanus ), Fowlers toad ( B. fowleri ), of the...and the red-spotted toad ( B. punctatus ), of the Southwest. The spadefoot toads, burrowing toads of the...
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Toad the Wet Sprocket
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Toad the Wet Sprocket Rock band For the Record...x2019;t hear everything,” warns Toad the Wet Sprocket’s lead singer...music scene of Santa Barbara, California, Toad found most of their success as a college band...
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horned toad
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
horned toad • n. 1. another term for horned lizard . 2. a large toad with horn-shaped projections of skin over the eyes, in particular a Southeast Asian toad ( Megophrys and other genera, family Peltobatidae...
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toads
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
toads 1. See ANURA ; BUFONIDAE ; DISCOGLOSSIDAE ; PEODYTIDAE ; PIPIDAE . 2. ( Mexican burrowing toad ) See RHINOPHRYNIDAE . 3. ( spade-foot toads ) See PELOBATIDAE .
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