Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A young or small toad.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A small toad.

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  • noun A juvenile toad.

Etymologies

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toad +‎ -let

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Examples

  • The desert spadefoots evolved an accelerated development rate — from egg to toadlet in less than two weeks!

    Adaptations of desert amphibians and reptiles 2009

  • Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Meanwhile, their offspring grow frantically from egg to toadlet in only ten days, since the rainy season is only a few weeks long.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Over 30 species of frog have been recorded from the Greater Blue Mountains Area including the giant barred frog Mixophyes iteratus (EN), booroolong frog Litoria booroolongensis (CR) and green & golden bell frog Litoria aurea (VU) plus the red-crowned toadlet Pseudophryne australis (VU) The invertebrate fauna is poorly known, but there are 120 species of butterflies and an estimated 4,000 species of moth.

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • There are more than 30 species of amphibian recorded for this hotspot, nearly two-thirds of which are endemic, including four species that represent endemic genera: the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii), Nicholl's toadlet (Metacrinia nichollsi), the sandhill frog (Arenophryne rotunda), and the harlequin frog (Spicospina flammocaerulea, VU).

    Biological diversity in Southwest Australia 2008

  • This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).

    Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • This cute orange toadlet, Brachycephalus pitanga, is only about half an inch long (10-14 mm).

    The Guardian World News 2010

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