toadlet

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English toad
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Old French -eletbor.
Middle English -let
English -let
English toadlet

    From toad + -let.

    Noun

    toadlet (plural toadlets)

    1. A juvenile toad.
    2. Any of certain myobatrachid frogs, comprising: most in genus Pseudophryne, all in genus Uperoleia and the single species (Metacrinia nichollsi) in genus Metacrinia.

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