common toad

noun

A toad of species Bufo bufo, principally of Europe.

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Meanings

nouncommon toad (plural common toads)

plural common toads

  1. A toad of species Bufo bufo, principally of Europe.
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    Before the swallow, before the daffodil, and not much later than the snowdrop, the common toad salutes the coming of spring after his own fashion, which is to emerge from a hole in the ground, where he has lain buried since the previous autumn, and crawl as rapidly as possible towards the nearest suitable patch of water.

    1946 April 12, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “[“I Write as I Please”] Some Thoughts on the Common Toad”, in Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays, London: Secker and Warburg, published 1950, →OCLC, page 202

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
european toad

Translations

Dutch gewone pad
  • gewone padBufo bufo
French crapaud commun, crapaud vulgaire
  • crapaud communBufo bufo
  • crapaud vulgaireBufo bufo
German Erdkröte
  • ErdkröteBufo bufo
Polish ropucha szara
  • ropucha szaraBufo bufo
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Chicago

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