Obs. exc. dial. Also tother. [Origin obscure.] Spawn of a frog or toad; slimy gelatinous matter.

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1604.  Drayton, Moyses, II. 116. The soile … Lies now a leystall as a common ditch, Where in their Todder loathly Paddocks breed.

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1881.  Leicester. Gloss., Tother,… var. pron. of ‘todder,’ slime; spawn.

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