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Definition of bufo bufo in English English dictionary
- bufo
- A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads
- bufo
- any toad of the genus Bufo
- genus bufo
- type genus of the Bufonidae; common toads of New and Old Worlds
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Definition of bufo bufo in Turkish English dictionary
- toad
- A very unpleasant man
- An amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin
- {n} a quadruped with broad body and short legs of several species, living in grass, water, or on trees
- Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid
- Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidæ
- {i} tailless amphibian that has short legs ans a short stout body; any of several animals that look like toads (such as some lizards); nasty person, mean unpleasant person
- Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night
- A toad is a creature which is similar to a frog but which has a drier skin and spends less time in water. one of the main characters in the children's story The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham. Toad is a rich, proud character who lives in a big house called Toad Hall and thinks he is very important. Any member of 26 genera (order Anura) of mainly terrestrial, nocturnal, tailless amphibians. Toads have a squat body, short legs, external fertilization, and teeth in the upper jaw. They eat insects or small animals. The more than 300 species of true toads (Bufo) are found almost worldwide. They are 1-10 in. (2-25 cm) long and have thick, dry, often warty skin. Poison secreted by glands on the back and warts irritates the eyes and mucous membranes of predators. Some species' poison can paralyze or kill animals as large as dogs, but toads do not cause warts. Toads reproduce by laying in water two long jelly tubes containing 600-30,000 eggs. The genus Nectophrynoides contains the only anurans that bear live young. See also frog, horned toad
- Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species