toe bean

noun

Any of the digital pads on an animal's paw, typically that of a cat or dog.

Meanings

nountoe bean (plural toe beans)

plural toe beans

  1. colloquialtypically in the pluralAny of the digital pads on an animal's paw, typically that of a cat or dog.

    Synonyms: bean, digital pad, pawpad

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the digital pads on an animal's paw, typically that of a cat or dog.

Origin

From the resemblance to beans.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 肉球
  • 肉球 (ròuqiú)digital pad
Czech polštářek
  • polštářekdigital pad
Danish trædepude
  • trædepudedigital pad
Dutch kussentje
  • kussentjedigital pad
Finnish polkuantura
  • polkuanturadigital pad
French coussinet
  • coussinetdigital pad
German Zehenbeere
  • Zehenbeeredigital pad
Italian cuscinetto, gommino
  • cuscinettodigital pad
  • gomminodigital pad
Japanese 肉球
  • 肉球 (nikukyū)digital pad
Korean 젤리
  • 젤리 (jelli)digital pad
Norwegian Bokmål tredepute
  • tredeputedigital pad
Polish opuszka
  • opuszkadigital pad
Portuguese almofadinha, feijãozinho
  • almofadinhadigital pad
  • feijãozinhodigital pad
  • jujubinhadigital pad
Romanian pernuță
  • pernuțădigital pad
Russian поду́шечка
  • поду́шечка (podúšečka)digital pad
Spanish almohadilla
  • almohadilladigital pad
Cite this entry
APA

toe bean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toe%20bean

MLA

“toe bean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toe%20bean. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toe bean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toe%20bean.

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