Surinam toad

American  

noun

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

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Surinam toad British  

noun

1. another name for pipa

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Etymology

Origin of Surinam toad

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

One of the Guiana catfishes, known as Aspredo, very much resembles her countrywoman the Surinam toad in her nursery arrangements.

From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant

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!

From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)

The Surinam toad, represented in No. 8, is also the possessor of one of the strangest nurseries known to science.

From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr

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.

From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)