Learning / English Dictionary

GENUS NECTURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Proteidae

Synonyms:

genus Necturus; Necturus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Necturus"):

mud puppy; Necturus maculosus (aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills)

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

family Proteidae; Proteidae (mud puppies)

Credits