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crapaud

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cra⋅paud

[kra-poh, krap-oh]
–noun
a species of large frog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, resembling a bullfrog, inhabiting South and Central America, and having deep orange or red coloring on the legs and sides during the breeding season, the rest of the body being dark-green or brown with black markings.


Origin:
< F: toad, OF crapot, perh. < Gmc *krappa hook (see grape, grapnel ), in reference to its hooklike feet; for -aud, see ribald
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crapaud

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large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog 
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