Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parotoid gland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paro-toid g-land
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders, which secretes a milky alkaloid substance to deter predators.

Inflected Forms

parotoid glands (plural)

Questions

What does parotoid gland mean?: An external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders, which secretes a milky alkaloid substance to deter predators.

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