A large brown toad native to tropical America. It has been introduced elsewhere as a pest control agent but can become a serious pest itself, partly because animals eating it are killed by its toxins.
海蟾蜍。亦称 MARINE TOAD，GIANT TOAD
Bufo marinus, family Bufonidae
Also called marine toad, giant toad
Example sentencesExamples
Another Australian biocontrol attempt gone awry entailed the release of the cane toad to control beetles that were harming sugarcane crops.
As mining and tourism expand, the cane toad encroaches and turtles decline.
Small, warty, and armed with a poison strong enough to kill crocodiles, the cane toad is generally regarded as a blight on the Australian landscape.
Animals picking up a cane toad and receiving a dose of venom may die within fifteen minutes.
The cane toad is native to the American tropics and was deliberately introduced as a biocontrol agent between the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries in numerous islands of the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Definition of cane toad in US English:
cane toad
noun
A large brown toad native to tropical America. It has been introduced elsewhere as a pest control agent but can become a serious pest itself, partly because animals eating it are killed by its toxins.
海蟾蜍。亦称 MARINE TOAD，GIANT TOAD
Bufo marinus, family Bufonidae
Also called marine toad, giant toad
Example sentencesExamples
Animals picking up a cane toad and receiving a dose of venom may die within fifteen minutes.
Small, warty, and armed with a poison strong enough to kill crocodiles, the cane toad is generally regarded as a blight on the Australian landscape.
As mining and tourism expand, the cane toad encroaches and turtles decline.
Another Australian biocontrol attempt gone awry entailed the release of the cane toad to control beetles that were harming sugarcane crops.
The cane toad is native to the American tropics and was deliberately introduced as a biocontrol agent between the middle of the 19th and 20th centuries in numerous islands of the Caribbean and the Pacific.