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GENUS MEGALOBATRACHUS

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Meaning:

Giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus

Synonyms:

genus Megalobatrachus; Megalobatrachus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Megalobatrachus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Megalobatrachus"):

giant salamander; Megalobatrachus maximus (large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia)

Holonyms ("genus Megalobatrachus" is a member of...):

Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae (large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders)

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