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Noun. (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.

Etymology. From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).

: a contemptible person or thing.

Frog and toad (plural frog and toads) (co*ckney rhyming slang) Road. I'm just going down the frog and toad to see my old china Dave. (= I'm just going down the road to see my friend Dave.)

(toud) 1. any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.

Answer and Explanation: There is no special name for a female toad. However, if one is trying to emphasize that they are talking about a female toad, then they can call the toad a female toad a she-toad.

In its earliest incarnation it was simply referred to as 'meat boiled in a crust' (a strong contender for 'least appealing name for a dish', but then, so is 'toad-in-the-hole'); in Hannah Glasse's 1900 cookbook, there was a recipe for 'Pigeons in a hole' but, to be fair to her, at least actual pigeons were baked into ...

In many legends, toads figure as the guardian of TREASURES; its transformation from tadpole to maturity renders the toad a frequent symbol of resurrection and rebirth.

Weighing less than one ounce, the common toad can experience feelings, hard as it may be to believe. With their amazing brains, toads have been able to follow a maze in lab settings, but when you hang out with them, more mysteries unravel about their brain capacity.

To be clear, Toad is both the name of the specific character who is the dedicated attendant to Princess Peach and also refers to the general populace of Toads who reside in the Mushroom Kingdom.

What does the money toad mean? ›

According to Feng Shui's belief, money frogs help attract and protect wealth and prevent bad luck. Because it symbolizes the flow of money, Feng Shui masters believe that a money frog statue with coins in its mouth should not be placed in front of the gate.

A toad is a type of frog characterised by leathery, bumpy skin and short legs. They were popularly known among Muggles as well as wizards and witches. Toads were one of the three animals students at Hogwarts were allowed to have at the school as pets along with owls and cats.

an extremely unpleasant man, especially one who is not very physically attractive: [ as form of address ] You lying toad!

1. capitalized : a large genus (family Bufonidae) of toads that contains the common toads of America and Europe and is represented on all the continents except Australia. 2. : any toad of the genus Bufo.

The American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) is a common garden species that eats harmful insects and can be seen in backyards in the Northeast. Predators of toads include snakes, raccoons, and birds of prey. Like frogs, most toads eat insects and other arthropods.

Verb. tuo. (transitive) to pull out, to pull outside, to drag out.

The word is first attested in Old English as frogga, but the usual Old English word for the frog was frosc (with variants such as frox and forsc), and it is agreed that the word frog is somehow related to this.

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk fraug (“frog”), Old Norse frauki. Related also to English frosk (“frog”), frosh (“frog”), and frock (“frog”).

The common toad is a widespread amphibian found throughout mainland Britain and on many islands, such as the Isle of Wight.