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bastard, beast, bleeder [British], blighter [chiefly British], boor, bounder, bugger, buzzard, cad, chuff, churl, clown, creep, cretin, crud [slang], crumb [slang], cur, dirtbag [slang], dog, fink, heel, hound, jerk, joker, louse, lout, pill, rat, rat fink, reptile, rotter, schmuck [slang], scum, scumbag [slang], scuzzball [slang], skunk, sleaze, sleazebag [slang], sleazeball [slang], slime, slimeball [slang], slob, snake, so-and-so, sod [chiefly British], stinkard, stinker, swine, varmint, vermin
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Now, thanks to complex captive breeding and release efforts, the Wyoming toad seems to be making a comeback. — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, "See a different endangered animal in every U.S. state," 30 July 2019 The job that lends the toads their informal name is done by the male. — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, "Natalie Angier," 9 May 2019 Now, scientists have confirmed that the toadâs toxic slime will likely kill nearly everything in Madagascar that tries to eat it, according to a study that surveyed the susceptibility of 88 species. — Katie Langin, Science | AAAS, "Top stories: toxic toads, three-parent babies in Singapore, and the hunt for the Lost Colony," 8 June 2018 The squad practices at Onesosopo Park, a half-hour drive from the school, on a furrowed field filled with puddles and toads. — Rob Ruck, The Conversation, "I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret to its football success," 8 Aug. 2019 Right now, the brightest light in the neighborhood is a mom and pop, the Sarah and Henji show, with a cameo by sugar toads. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Queenâs English brings Hong Kongâs sizzle to Columbia Heights," 17 July 2019 Sho-Fu-En is home to wildlife: hawks and night herons, rabbits and raccoons, geese, squirrels, a fox, turtles, toads and fish and dragonflies. — Colleen Smith, The Denver Post, "Denverâs oasis has been tucked away in the Denver Botanic Gardens for 40 years," 29 June 2019 This bathing and stocking event is pivotal in CPWâs efforts to recover the Boreal toad, which has experienced dramatic population declines over the past two decades. — Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, "PHOTOS: Highly endangered high alpine Boreal Toads reintroduced in Colorado," 13 July 2019 The male Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) can mate like mad every yearâfor about two weeks. — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, "This toadâs sex life hinges on finding the perfect pool," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'toad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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