ˈaskəfəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek askaphos not dug about, from a- a- (II) + -skaphos (from skaptein to dig); akin to Latin capo capon — more at capon
: a genus of western No. American toads including only the bell toad which is distinguished by a taillike copulatory organ in the male cloaca and which is sometimes isolated in a separate family (Ascaphidae) but usually included in the Liopelmidae