Definition of "natterjack" [nat•ter•jack]

• A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call. (noun)

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• "Thousands of acres of old quarries could be turned into nature reserves to support wildlife such as natterjack toads, otters and nightingales, campaigners claim."
• "Toads in the UK need all the help they can to survive and breed, and especially the threatened natterjack toad."
• "I part the surface with the tiniest ripple, keeping my fore feet close packed to my sides, and swim with hind legs only, below the surface, neatly as a natterjack."