Meanings
- rareuncountableThe fear of toads (warty amphibians).
I found out that if you are afraid of the boogeyman, you have bogyphobia. People who are scared of toads have bufonophobia.
2006, Jean Rodenbough, Gather with the Saints, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 412 more examples
Fear of frogs is called ranidaphobia. This should not be confused with bufonophobia, which is fear of toads, or batrachophobia, which is fear of amphibians.
2006, William Hartston, Mr. Hartston's Most Excellent Encyclopedia of Useless Information: The Supreme Miscellany of Fantastic Facts, London: Metro, →ISBN, page 172Some people are afraid of amphibians. People who are afraid of frogs have ranidaphobia, or are called ranidaphobic. People who are afraid of toads have bufonophobia, or are called bufonophobic.
2017, Martina Nicolls, Similar but Different in the Animal Kingdom, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 53
Origin
From Latin būfō (“toad”) + -phobia.
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