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western toad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
west-ern -toad
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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”).

Inflected Forms

western toads (plural)

Synonyms

bufo boreas

Questions

What does western toad mean?
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.
Where does western toad come from?
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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