shield-toad

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shield-toad

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From shield + toad. Compare shellpad, shell-paddock. Compare also West Frisian skyldpod (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), Dutch schildpad (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), German Schildkröte (“tortoise”, literally “shield-toad”), Swedish sköldpadda (“tortoise”), Icelandic sjaldbaka (“turtle”, literally “shield-back”).

noun shield-toads · shieldtoad · shield toad · shelt-toad · sheltoad · shelled toad

nonstandard, rare A turtle or tortoise. But we already know that a shield-toad is a Frenchman, while the sun is Apollo's shield.

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"shield-toad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shield-toad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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shield-toad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shield-toad

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"shield-toad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shield-toad.

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@misc{shield_toad_2026,
  title = {shield-toad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shield-toad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}