parotoid

parotoid
/peuh roh"toyd/, Zool.
n.
1. Also called parotoid gland. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to a parotoid.
3. resembling a parotid.
[1870-75; PAROT(ID) + -OID]

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