Crapaud

Common synonyms include: bufo, bufonid, bufonid toad, leptodactylus pentadactylus, south american bullfrog, toad.

/ˈkɹæpəʊ/ name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
A toad. obsolete
2
large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog wordnet
3
A French person. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Proper Noun

1
A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crapaud (“toad”). Doublet of crappo.

Etymology 2

Derived from the French toponym Rivière aux Crapauds, the name of which derives in turn from the term crapaud de mer (“eel, anguilliform”).