Plethodon

noun

type genus of the Plethodontidae

• Syn: ↑genus Plethodon

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Plethodontidae, ↑family Plethodontidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑eastern red-backed salamander, ↑Plethodon cinereus, ↑western red-backed salamander, ↑Plethodon vehiculum

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\\ˈplethəˌdän\ noun

Etymology: New Latin pleth- (from Greek plēthos mass, magnitude, from plēthein to be full) + -odon

1. capitalized : the type genus of Plethodontidae comprising New World terrestrial salamanders that lay large yolk-filled eggs and do not pass through an aquatic larval period — see red-backed salamander

2. -s : a salamander of the genus Plethodon