hop-toadn.

Etymology: hop n.² or hop v.¹

U.S.

A toad.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad

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1827 Massachusetts Spy 28 Nov. An inhabitant of the Middle States talks of ‘hop-toads’,—as if all toads were not hoppers.

1830 F. Trollope in Dom. Manners (1949) 428 Hop toads is little creatures what hop like a frog.

1844 H. B. Stowe Mayflower (1849) 157 I'd always find him stopping to chase hoptoads, or off after chip~squirrels.

1861 Knickerbocker Mag. 57 420 Killing flies, or pelting hop-toads.

1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xiii I like hop-toads, owls, and shitepokes.

1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times (1968) i. 12 We studied with passionate interest the egg~laying habits of the hoptoads that shrilled so loud.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	hop-toad
释义	hop-toadn. Etymology: hop n.² or hop v.¹ U.S. A toad. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad pad?a1160 frouda1200 podea1325 boterel1340 paddocka1425 frog1440 paddoc1480 crapaud1481 gangrel?a1513 hedge-frog1580 frog-paddock1651 hop-toad1827 1827 Massachusetts Spy 28 Nov. An inhabitant of the Middle States talks of ‘hop-toads’,—as if all toads were not hoppers. 1830 F. Trollope in Dom. Manners (1949) 428 Hop toads is little creatures what hop like a frog. 1844 H. B. Stowe Mayflower (1849) 157 I'd always find him stopping to chase hoptoads, or off after chip~squirrels. 1861 Knickerbocker Mag. 57 420 Killing flies, or pelting hop-toads. 1913 G. Stratton-Porter Laddie xiii I like hop-toads, owls, and shitepokes. 1966 J. Dos Passos Best Times (1968) i. 12 We studied with passionate interest the egg~laying habits of the hoptoads that shrilled so loud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1827
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