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Found 2 hits - Term: equisetum limosum, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paddock \pad"dock\, n. oe. padde toad, frog + -ock; akin to d.
   pad, padde, toad, icel.  sw. padda, dan. padde. zool.
   a toad or frog. --wyclif. "loathed paddocks." --spenser
   1913 webster

   paddock pipe bot., a hollow-stemmed plant of the genus
      equisetum, especially equisetum limosum and the
      fruiting stems of equisetum arvense; -- called also
      padow pipe and toad pipe. see equisetum.

   paddock stone. see toadstone.

   paddock stool bot.,a toadstool.
      1913 webster
see also:
paddock pipe equisetum equisetum limosum equisetum arvense padow pipe toad pipe 
paddock stone toadstone paddock stool 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
toad \toad\, n. oe. tode, tade, as. t=adie, t=adige; of
   unknown origin. cf. tadpole. zool.
   any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the
   genus bufo and allied genera, especially those of the
   family bufonidae. toads are generally terrestrial in their
   habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the
   water. most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the
   daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. most
   toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that
   secrete an acrid fluid.
   1913 webster

   note: the common toad bufo vulgaris and the natterjack
         are familiar european species. the common american toad
         bufo lentiginosus is similar to the european toad,
         but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by
         leaping.
         1913 webster

   obstetrical toad. zool. see under obstetrical.

   surinam toad. zool. see pita.

   toad lizard zool., a horned toad.

   toad pipe bot., a hollow-stemmed plant equisetum
      limosum growing in muddy places. --dr. prior.

   toad rush bot., a low-growing kind of rush juncus
      bufonius.

   toad snatcher zool., the reed bunting. prov. eng.

   toad spittle. zool. see cuckoo spit, under cuckoo.

   tree toad. zool. see under tree.
      1913 webster
see also:
tadpole bufo bufonidae bufo vulgaris bufo lentiginosus obstetrical toad 
obstetrical surinam toad pita toad lizard toad pipe 
equisetum limosum toad rush juncus bufonius toad snatcher toad spittle 
cuckoo spit cuckoo tree toad tree 

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