spotted salamander

noun

1. glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots

• Syn: ↑Ambystoma maculatum

• Hypernyms: ↑ambystomid, ↑ambystomid salamander

2. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots

• Syn: ↑fire salamander, ↑Salamandra maculosa

• Hypernyms: ↑salamander

• Member Holonyms: ↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra

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noun

: any of various tailed amphibians having dark skin with usually yellow spots or blotches:

a. : a European salamander (Salamandra maculosa) that is black with large yellow or orange blotches — called also fire salamander

b. : a common No. American amphibian (Ambystoma maculatum syn. A. punctatum) with glossy black skin spotted with yellow on the back

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spotted salamander,

a bluish-black salamander with two rows of yellow spots along the back and tail, common in the eastern United States and Canada.