crapaud

American  

[kra-poh, krap-oh] / kræˈpoʊ, ˈkræp oʊ /

noun

1. 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.

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crapaud British  

/ ˈkræpəʊ, ˈkrɑː- /

noun

1. a frog or toad

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Etymology

Origin of crapaud

< French: toad, Old French crapot, perhaps < Germanic *krappa hook ( see grape, grapnel), in reference to its hooklike feet; for -aud, see ribald

Example Sentences

It looks like a frog or toad, which is crapaud in French.

From National Geographic • Sep. 16, 2017

It is a cross-breed between what the French call a crapaud and we an easy-chair.

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Moscheles, Felix

He's no scholar, but he is a match for any French general that ever swallowed the English for fricassee de crapaud.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Dzinn! dzinn! is she amusing herself with quoits, or the jeu du crapaud, or pitch and toss?

From Madame Chrysantheme by Loti, Pierre

Is she amusing herself with quoits, or the jeu du crapaud, or pitch and toss?

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward