toad
An amphibian, a kind of frog with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in…An amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
» I can't distinguish a frog from a toad.
Ich kann einen Frosch nicht von einer Kröte unterscheiden.
Я не могу отличить лягушку от жабы.
Я не можу відрізнити жабу від ропухи.
Meaning
3 sensesAn amphibian, a kind of frog (broad sense, order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
Kröte
жа́баžába
ропу́хаropúxa, жа́баžába
(derogatory)A contemptible or unpleasant person.
па́костникpákostnik
(derogatory)An ugly person.
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
Examples
38 sentencesI can't distinguish a frog from a toad.
Я не можу відрізнити жабу від ропухи.
ruЯ не могу отличить лягушку от жабы.
deIch kann einen Frosch nicht von einer Kröte unterscheiden.
Is that a toad or a frog?
ruЭто жаба или лягушка?
Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders are amphibians.
Tom touched the toad with his index finger.
Toads have much shorter legs than frogs.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variantFrom Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
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Forms
plural: toadsSynonyms
7 synonyms- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species:frogtoad froganuranbatrachiansalientian