tōdo

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Translation

tōdo means "Toad" in English.
It's a katakanization, a loan-word.

In Japan, toads are Japanese, so the word hikigaeru ヒキガエル usually refers to the Japanese Toad.

tōdo is normally written with katakana, as トード.
tōdo written with hiragana is とーど.

tōdo does not have kanji.

Romaji	too		do
Katakana	ト	ー	ド
Hiragana	と	ー	ど

Orthography Notes

toodo is another way to romanize this word.
トー contains a long dash called the prolonged sound mark which makes the vowel of the syllable longer.

nihon-hikigaeru — nihon-hikigaeru ニホンヒキガエル

oo-hikigaeru — oo-hikigaeru オオヒキガエル

ajia-hikigaeru — ajia-hikigaeru アジアヒキガエル

nagare-hikigaeru — nagare-hikigaeru ナガレヒキガエル

Synonyms

hikigaeru ヒキガエル, hiki 蟇, gamagaeru 蟇, gama 蟇, ibogaeru イボガエル.

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: ヒキガエル科 (Toad)

ajia-hikigaeru アジア蟇蛙, oo-hikigaeru 大蟇, nagare-hikigaeru 流蟇蛙, nihon-hikigaeru 日本蟇蛙.