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midwife toads

midwife toads is the plural of midwife toad.

Meaning of midwife toad

Noun

midwife toad (plural midwife toads)

  1. Any species of the genus Alytes, the males of which carry fertilized eggs on their backs.
    • Fossils suggest that midwife toads were once widespread on Majorca and Menorca, but disappeared from lowlands of the former and entirely from the latter island several thousand years ago and coincident with the fossil appearance of the snake Natrix maura and the large frog Rana perezi.1996, Trevor Beebee, Ecology and Conservation of Amphibians, page 168
    Synonyms:
    obstetric toad

Questions about midwife toads

What is midwife toads the plural of?
Midwife toads is the plural of midwife toad.

Words near midwife toads in the dictionary

  1. midwide
  2. midwife
  3. midwife frog
  4. midwife frogs
  5. midwife toad
  6. midwife toads
  7. midwifed
  8. midwiferies
  9. midwifery
  10. midwifes
  11. midwifing

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