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PRONUNCIATION OF PAROTOID GLAND

parotoid gland  [pəˈrɒtɔɪd ɡlænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAROTOID GLAND

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Parotoid gland is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PAROTOID GLAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

parotoid gland

Parotoid gland

The parotoid gland is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of toads and some frogs and salamanders. It secretes a milky alkaloid substance to deter predators. The substance, bufotoxin, acts as a neurotoxin. Parotoid glands are sometimes said to be wart-like in appearance, though warts are abnormal growths caused by viral infections while parotoid glands are normal, healthy parts of the animals that bear them. The vague similarity in appearance, however, is the reason behind the mistaken belief that touching a toad causes warts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAROTOID GLAND


aland
əˈlænd
bland
blænd
Disneyland
ˈdɪznɪˌlænd
Gelderland
ˈɡɛldəˌlænd
gland
ɡlænd
heartland
ˈhɑːtˌlænd
homeland
ˈhəʊmˌlænd
Lakeland
ˈleɪkˌlænd
land
lænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
monkeygland
ˈmʌŋkɪˈɡlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
planned
ˈplænd
Queensland
ˈkwiːnzˌlænd
southland
ˈsaʊθˌlænd
Swaziland
ˈswɑːzɪˌlænd
Thailand
ˈtaɪˌlænd
timberland
ˈtɪmbəˌlænd
wasteland
ˈweɪstˌlænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAROTOID GLAND

paroquet
parore
parosmia
parotic
parotid
parotid gland
parotiditic
parotiditis
parotis
parotitic
parotitis
parotoid
parousia
paroxetine
paroxysm
paroxysmal
paroxysmally
paroxysmic
paroxytone
paroxytonic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PAROTOID GLAND

adrenal gland
Bank of England
Church of England
Deutschland
endocrine gland
England
gangland
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
lacrimal gland
Lord Chief Justice of England
mammary gland
Middle England
New England
parathyroid gland
pineal gland
pituitary gland
prostate gland
salivary gland
sweat gland
thyroid gland

Synonyms and antonyms of parotoid gland in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «parotoid gland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAROTOID GLAND

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Translator English - Chinese

parotoid腺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

glándula parotoid
570 millions of speakers

English

parotoid gland
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parotoid ग्रंथि
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الغدة parotoid
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

parotoid железы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

glândula paratoide
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যারাটোয়েড গ্রন্থি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glande parotoïdes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelenjar paroki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

parotoid Drüse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

耳腺腺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parotoid 선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kelenjar paroksida
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyến sau mang tai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வை சுரப்பி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅराटोएड ग्रंथी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Parotoid bez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ghiandole parotidi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parotoid gruczoł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parotoid залози
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

glanda parotoid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parotoid αδένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parotoid klier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parotoid körtel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parotoid kjertel
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAROTOID GLAND»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAROTOID GLAND» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAROTOID GLAND»

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The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna ...
A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas Jay M. Savage. canthal preorbital supraorbital postorbital pretympanic parietal supratympanic parotoid gland supraorbital ...
Jay M. Savage, 2002
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Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States ...
Toad-eating snakes have apparently evolved tolerances to bufonid parotoid gland venom (Licht and Low, 1968). Toad eggs and tadpoles are also known to be toxic, although there are ontogenic shifts in palatability and toxicity such that older ...
Michael J. Lannoo, 2005
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Systematics and the Evolution of Calls and Mating ...
Specimens from 11 km N Cerro Masvale have proportionally shorter flank and parotoid glands than those from Cerro Masvale (Mann-Whitney's U for flank gland length/SVL = 2; P < 0.0001; Ufor parotoid gland length/SVL = 21; P = 0.010 ; ...
Santiago R. Ron, 2007
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, ...
A conspicuous parotoid gland on side of neck behind eye; skin dry and warty 3 No parotoid glands; skin may be smooth or tubercular but is usually wet to the touch 6 3. No cranial crests; small anurans (< 35 mm SVL) Physalaemus pustulosus ...
Jonathan A. Campbell, 1999
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Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals
FIG. 31.1. Colorado River toad.Arrow pointsto the parotoid gland. The poisonarrow frogs Dendrobates and Phyllobates secrete highly toxic biotoxins FISH Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits CLASSIFICATION DANGER POTENTIAL.
Murray E. Fowler, 2011
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas: With Keys, Taxonomic ...
Parotoid gland tear-shaped: cranial crests prominent (Fig. 3) gulf coast toad Bufo valliceps valliceps Parotoid gland circular; cranial crests absent or poorly defined red-spotted toad Bufo punctatus 23. Supraorbital crests parallel, not united into ...
James Ray Dixon, 2000
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Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia
Harold Cogger. Key to the species of Philoria 1 Sides and rump smooth or with a few small tubercles or skin ridges; subarticular tubercles on hands and feet usually much lighter than surrounding colour; no conspicuous parotoid gland (A)  ...
Harold Cogger, 2014
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Systematics and the Origin of Species, from the Viewpoint of ...
Blair (1941) took four measurements (length of body, foot, parotoid gland, and so forth) on about 5,000 specimens of several species of North American toads, of which l,553 were adult Bufofowleri from twenty-five localities. He found that each  ...
Ernst Mayr, 1942
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A Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians: Eastern and Central ...
RED-SPOTTED TOAD, B. punctatus P. 524 Parotoid gland rounded; no light middorsal stripe. TEXAS TOAD, B. speciosus P. 523 Parotoid gland oval; no light middorsal stripe. GREAT PLAINS TOAD, B. cogt1atus P. 523 Large, dark blotches ...
Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins, 1998
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The Wildlife of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
Fourteen of these are "true" toads, characterized by a chubby body, warty skin, and a poison (parotoid) gland behind each eye. They move with a hopping gait. All are nocturnal and terrestrial. Breeding takes place in pools and ponds, where  ...
‎2010

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAROTOID GLAND»

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My wife had a miscarriage while there at 16 weeks of pregnancy. I am currently seeing Dr.s because I have a tumor in my parotoid gland and ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 13»

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