Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a parotid; specifically, in herpetology, noting certain cutaneous glands. See II.
- noun One of the cutaneous glands which form a warty mass or excrescence near the external ear or tympanum of some batrachians, as toads.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Resembling the parotid gland; -- applied especially to cutaneous glandular elevations above the ear in many toads and frogs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Resembling the
parotid gland ; applied especially tocutaneous glandular elevations above theear in manytoads andfrogs . - noun anatomy A
parotoid gland .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The arrow in the picture below is pointing at the spur connecting the cranial crest behind the right eye to the swollen parotoid gland.
Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009
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According to White & White (Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva, 2002), that species differs from the similar Fowler's toad in having the "cranial crests not touching parotoid glands or connected by a short spur".
A couple of frogs and a book about them AYDIN 2009
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According to White & White (Amphibians and Reptiles of Delmarva, 2002), that species differs from the similar Fowler's toad in having the "cranial crests not touching parotoid glands or connected by a short spur".
Archive 2009-08-01 AYDIN 2009
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The arrow in the picture below is pointing at the spur connecting the cranial crest behind the right eye to the swollen parotoid gland.
A couple of frogs and a book about them AYDIN 2009
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They share elongate parotoid glands and extensive digital webbing, but their proposed monophyly has been questioned (Graybeal & Cannatella 1995).
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A cane toad will respond to a particular threat by turning sideways so that the parotoid glands, where the toxin is produced, are directed towards the attacker.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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By pulling away the soft skin of the belly and eating only the mildly but not fatally poisonous internal organs, the animals avoid the skin and the toxin-producing parotoid glands, keeping death at bay.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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A cane toad will respond to a particular threat by turning sideways so that the parotoid glands, where the toxin is produced, are directed towards the attacker.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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By pulling away the soft skin of the belly and eating only the mildly but not fatally poisonous internal organs, the animals avoid the skin and the toxin-producing parotoid glands, keeping death at bay.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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