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A toady. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

A genus of Amphibia including various species of toads.

mily of Pycnodonts (thick teeth), whose remains occur in the oölite and chalk formations; toadstone; -- so named from a notion that it was originally formed in the head of a toad.

Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.

ers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called al…

Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray.

A toad. [Obs.]

See Toadflax.

ristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. Thackeray.

A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak.

An oceanic fish of the genus Antennarius or Pterophrynoides; -- called also mousefish and toadfish.

roup of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do. [Birds] hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.

, the gnu. -- Horned lark (Zoöl.), the shore lark. -- Horned lizard (Zoöl.), the horned toad. -- Horned owl (Zoöl.), a large North American owl (Bubo Virginianus), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls,…

To copulate; -- said of toads. [R.] Shak.

An American marine fish of the genus Porichthys, allied to the toadfish. Cadet midshipman, formerly a title distinguishing a cadet line officer from a cadet engineer at the U. S. Naval Academy. See under Cadet. -- Cadet midshipman, formerly, a naval cadet who had served his time, passed his examinations, and was await…

A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison.

Any large fungus, especially one of the genus Agaricus; a toadstool. Several species are edible; but many are very poisonous.

A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back.

ng to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art. Obstetrical toad (Zoöl.), a European toad of the genus Alytes, especially A. obstetricans. The eggs are laid in a string which the male winds around his legs, and carries about until the young are hatched.