- spadefoot, spadefoot toad - burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
--1 is a kind of frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian
--1 is a member of Pelobatidae, family Pelobatidae
--1 has particulars:western spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii; southern spadefoot, Scaphiopus multiplicatus; plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons