cane toad

American  

noun

1. a large brown toad, Bufo marinus, of tropical America, toxic to animals eating it and once exported to help control sugarcane beetles.

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cane toad British  

noun

1. Also called: giant toad.   marine toad.  a large toad, Bufo marinus , native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations

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Example Sentences

"I can't stand them, like they make me dry retch. So if it was a cane toad, it would have scared me."

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Though if it had been a cane toad - one of the country's most damaging, and ugly pests - that would be another story, she said.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

The team counted lizards at each site, then put out more than 200,000 cane toad eggs for three of the seven populations.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024

"Our work in adaptive management for conservation is based on decades of cane toad research and involves a broad group of people and organisations," says Dr Ward-Fear.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024

When she picked up the creature, she was holding a monster cane toad that she believes could be the largest of its kind in the world.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023