obstetrical toad
English
Noun
obstetrical toad (plural obstetrical toads)
- A European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans, the eggs of which are laid in a string which the male winds around his legs and carries about until the young are hatched.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for obstetrical toad in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)