natterjack

American  

[nat-er-jak] / ˈnæt ərˌdʒæk /

noun

1. a European toad, Bufo calamita, that moves by running.

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natterjack British  

/ ˈnætəˌdʒæk /

noun

1. a European toad, Bufo calamita, of sandy regions, having a greyish-brown body marked with reddish warty processes: family Bufonidae

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Etymology

Origin of natterjack

First recorded in 1760–70; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Species NWT has helped recover in Norfolk include crane, bittern, purple emperor butterfly and natterjack toad.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

In a plethora of cases, activists demanded that permits for the expansion be overturned, asserting that builders had destroyed sensitive dune reserves where the rare natterjack toad and sand lizard live and breed.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

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

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

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)