natterjack
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of natterjack
First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The natterjack toad is found in just a handful of locations.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Species NWT has helped recover in Norfolk include crane, bittern, purple emperor butterfly and natterjack toad.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
The dry conditions impacted natterjack toads, whose shallow ponds for breeding dried up, and bats that had to be rescued in the heatwave.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2022
The dry conditions affected natterjack toads, whose shallow ponds for breeding dried up, and bats that had to be rescued in the heatwave.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2022
To this morass, Mehetabel had come frequently with Iver, in days long gone by, to hunt the natterjack and the dragon-fly, to look for the eggs of water fowl, and to pick marsh flowers.
From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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