Surinam toad

noun

a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.

Surinam toad

noun

another name for pipa

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Surinam toad¹

First recorded in 1765–75

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Example Sentences

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A back full of eggs isn’t the only weird thing about the Surinam toad.

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Thus in the Surinam toad the male spreads the ova on the back of the female, where skin cavities form in which the tadpoles develop.

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The Surinam toad is one of the most curious, though, at the same time, among the most hideous of batrachians.

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But the curious Surinam toad of South America has improved on this arrangement, and lodges each little one in a little pocket in the skin of her back!

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The creature was, I at once guessed, the Surinam toad—Pipa Americana—which I knew was found, not only in Surinam, but in other parts of this region.

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Surinamese surjection

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