toad

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The team analysed water samples from Mersehead, where the natterjack toad survives, and other sites.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Aside from its dramatic claws, the insect's body shares similarities with modern Gelastocoridae, also called toad bugs, which are land-dwelling predators.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Presidents came and went while Hoover sat in FBI headquarters like an all-seeing toad.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

Dad’s too preoccupied to fully react, however: Bug is busy trying to pay for the wedding with an exotic toad from Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Alaric looked madder than a toad on a hot lily pad.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega