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pa•ro•toid
(pə rō′toid),USA pronunciation [Zool.]
n.
adj.
n.
- ZoologyAlso called paro′toid gland′. any of certain cutaneous glands forming warty masses near the ear in certain toads.
adj.
- Zoologyof or pertaining to a parotoid.
- Zoologyresembling a parotid.
- parot(id) + -oid 1870–75