dicamptodon

dicamptodon
noun
salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year
• Syn: ↑dicamptodontid
• Hypernyms: ↑salamander
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dicamptodontidae, ↑family Dicamptodontidae

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\\dīˈkamptəˌdän\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from di- + campto- + -odon
: a genus of large salamanders (family Ambystomidae) of the Pacific coast of No. America

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