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Pelobatidae

noun

the amphibian family of spadefoot toads

• Syn: ↑family Pelobatidae

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Salientia, ↑order Salientia, ↑Anura, ↑order Anura, ↑Batrachia, ↑order Batrachia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Scaphiopus, ↑genus Scaphiopus, ↑spadefoot, ↑spadefoot toad

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\\-bad.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Pelobates, type genus (from pel- + -bates) + -idae

: a large widely distributed family of anomocoelous amphibians including the spadefoot toads

Useful english dictionary. 2012.