tree toad

noun

Any of the arboreal toads in the genera Hylodes and Pedostibes.

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Meanings

nountree toad (plural tree toads)

plural tree toads

  1. Any of the arboreal toads in the genera Hylodes and Pedostibes.

    And I listened for a voice;— / But my heart was all I heard; / Not a screech-owl, not a loon, / Not a tree-toad said a word.

    1921, Edna St. Vincent Millay, “The Blue-Flag in the Bog”, in Second April

Synonyms & antonyms

nounarboreal amphibians usually having adhesive disks at the tip of each toe; of southeast Asia and Australia and America

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tree frogtree-frog
Broader
frogtoadtoad frog
Also see
tree frog

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

tree toad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20toad

MLA

“tree toad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20toad. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tree toad,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tree%20toad.

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