tree toad
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tree toad
An Americanism dating back to 1770–80
Example Sentences
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He stared at the misplaced toes a girl had attached to a bongo drum-playing doll, asked: "Is that a three-toed tree toad?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Wilbur heard the trill of the tree toad and the occasional slamming of the kitchen door.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
But vainly the two-toed tree toad tried— He couldn’t please her whim; In her tree toad bower With her V-toe power, The she toad vetoed him.
From The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor
Once a tree toad nearly gobbled me up, and if I ran out from the shelter of the bushes the gulls and cormorants swooped down upon me.
From The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
A tree toad uttered his lonely, guttural exclamation.
From David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West by Belle Kanaris Maniates
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