men|o|branch

men|o|branch
men|o|branch «MEHN uh brangk», noun.
any salamander of a group characterized by persistent gills forming external tufts, and by four limbs, each having four well-developed digits.
[< New Latin Menobranchus the typical genus < Greek ménein remain + bránchia gills]

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