toad has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

But it also looked_like a toad , hopping away from the light .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Well , the odious little toad went_along chivying animals and humans who could n't retaliate , and in_due_course , as was inevitable , overreached himself .

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