western toad
nounEtymology From western + toad. The vernacular name refers to the taxon's range relative to the rest of the New World, and is not calqued from the taxonomic name, translingual Anaxyrus boreas (literally “northern anaxyrus”).
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Anaxyrus boreas, a species of toad whose range extends from the southern coast of Alaska to the western coast of Baja California and to the edge of the Midwest.
- Hypernyms
- North American toad
- Hyponyms
- boreal toad, California toad