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单词 todder
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toddern.

Forms: 1600s 1800s todder, 1800s tother.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: tudder n.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps (i) a variant of tudder n. (although this is otherwise last attested in early Middle English), or perhaps (ii) a derivative of toad n. (although this presents formal difficulties, but perhaps compare the β. forms at toad n.).
Obsolete (English regional in later use).
The spawn of a frog or toad; slimy gelatinous matter.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > member of > spawn
paddock rud1508
todder1604
paddock redd1721
paddock-spewa1903
the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > sliminess > slimy matter
slimea1000
slemc1450
todder1881
1604 M. Drayton Moyses ii. 38 The soile..Lies now a leystall as a common ditch, Where in their Todder loathly Paddocks breed.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 348 Toad's gender, the spawn, or gelatinous substance which incloses the eggs of toads. We also call it Toad's todder.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Tother,..var. pron. of ‘todder’, slime; spawn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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