Meanings
plural western toads
- Anaxyrus boreas, a species of toad whose range extends from the southern coast of Alaska to the western coast of Baja California and to the edge of the Midwest.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounof a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From western + toad. The vernacular name refers to the taxon's range relative to the rest of the New World, and is not calqued from the taxonomic name, translingual Anaxyrus boreas (literally “northern anaxyrus”).
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western toad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/western%20toad
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