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tree toad

noun



tree toad

noun

  1. a less common name for tree frog
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tree toad1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
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Example Sentences

Its too bad to have to leave without getting that red tree-toad, said Professor Snodgrass.

At half-past eight I was up in that tree as well hidden as a tree toad, waiting for the messenger to arrive.

A tree-toad trilled out, now and then, to mingle his song with the music of the nearby cascade.

It was years ago, but the tree-toad is there still, looking just as it did the first day it was put in.

It is the ability to rest untroubled, the sense that till Monday they have no more responsibility than a tree-toad.

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