Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midwife toad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: mid-wife -toad
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilized eggs on their backs.

Example Sentences

"Fossils suggest that midwife toads were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake Natrix maura and the large frog Rana perezi."
"A key preserved male specimen of the midwife toad was eventually shown to have been injected with India ink in the region of the normally pigmented nuptial pad."
"The midwife toad is a slow-moving, terrestrial amphibian represented by four species of the genus Alytes (family Discoglossidae). The best-known species is A. obstetricans."

Etymology

Referring to the behavior in which males carry fertilized eggs on their backs.

Inflected Forms

midwife toads (plural)

Synonyms

obstetric toad obstetrical toad alytes obstetricans alytes cisternasi

Questions

What does midwife toad mean?: Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilized eggs on their backs.
Where does midwife toad come from?: Referring to the behavior in which males carry fertilized eggs on their backs.

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