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toad

toad \'to-d\ n [ME tode, fr. OE ta-de, ta-dige] often attrib  1: any of 
   numerous tailless leaping amphibians (esp. family Bufonidae) that  as 
   compared with the related frogs are generally more terrestrial in habit 
   though returning to water to lay their eggs, squatter and shorter in build 
   and with weaker hindlimbs, and rough, dry, and warty rather than smooth and 
   moist of skin 2: a contemptible person or thing