英语词汇“midwife toad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

midwife toad n. a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), the male of which carries the eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch.

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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Opisthocoela > member of family Discoglossidae (midwife toad)

midwife toad1877

1877 List Vertebrated Animals Zool. Soc. (ed. 6) 474 Midwife toad, a curious creature in that the male carries the fertilized eggs.

1901 H. Gadow in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. vi. 158 A[lytes] obstetricans, the ‘Midwife-toad’, has the general appearance of a smooth toad... The pairing and the peculiar mode of taking care of the eggs by the male..has given it the specific name obstetricans, the midwife.

1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 June p. iv/2 A number of interesting toads have been received lately at the London Zoo, including a collection from Germany of 20 midwife toads with their eggs.

1971 A. Koestler Case of Midwife Toad i. 14 Kammerer's undoing was a grotesque amphibian creature: the midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans.

1995 New Scientist 18 Nov. 76/2 The captive-breeding of threatened amphibians, such as the Mallorcan midwife toad and Puerto Rican crested toad, have proved to be successful and cost-effective programmes.

单词	midwife toad
释义	> as lemmas midwife toad midwife toad n. a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), the male of which carries the eggs wrapped around its hind legs until they hatch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Opisthocoela > member of family Discoglossidae (midwife toad) midwife toad1877 1877 List Vertebrated Animals Zool. Soc. (ed. 6) 474 Midwife toad, a curious creature in that the male carries the fertilized eggs. 1901 H. Gadow in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VIII. vi. 158 A[lytes] obstetricans, the ‘Midwife-toad’, has the general appearance of a smooth toad... The pairing and the peculiar mode of taking care of the eggs by the male..has given it the specific name obstetricans, the midwife. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 June p. iv/2 A number of interesting toads have been received lately at the London Zoo, including a collection from Germany of 20 midwife toads with their eggs. 1971 A. Koestler Case of Midwife Toad i. 14 Kammerer's undoing was a grotesque amphibian creature: the midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans. 1995 New Scientist 18 Nov. 76/2 The captive-breeding of threatened amphibians, such as the Mallorcan midwife toad and Puerto Rican crested toad, have proved to be successful and cost-effective programmes. extracted from midwifen. < as lemmas
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