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agua

noun
\ ˈä-gwə\
variants: or agua toad
plural -s

Definition of agua

: cane toad

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First Known Use of agua

1831, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for agua

borrowed from New Latin (in Bufo agua, earlier specific name), short for Aguaquaquan, of unknown origin

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