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noun

Crapaud n. (Written also crapawd, crapald, crepaud, etc)

A toad. (Obs.)

As a proper name, Johnny Crapaud, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman.

Large toothed frog of South and Central America (Leptodactylus pentadactylus) resembling the bullfrog.

Synonyms: South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crapaud" Quotes from Famous Books

... when the birds of passage swept aloft, snipe and teal and barnacle geese, and the rains began; when the green lizard with its turquoise-blue throat vanished; when the Jersey crapaud was heard croaking no longer in the valleys and the ponds; and the cows were well ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... "Crapaud!" said Baptiste, between his set teeth, while his eyes flashed angrily, and he stood up before Hugh with clinched fists, "what ...

— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne

... with a rueful countenance. "I bought him from one of the French vignerons below Westover," he said. "The fellow was astride the poor creature, beating him with a club because he could not go. I laid Monsieur Crapaud in the dust, after which we compounded, he for my purse, I for the animal; since when the poor beast and I have tramped it together, for I could not in conscience ride him. Have you read me Aesop's ...

— To Have and To Hold • Mary Johnston

Words linked to "Crapaud" : South American bullfrog, genus Leptodactylus, frog, batrachian, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, toad, salientian, Leptodactylus, anuran