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MUD PUPPY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

Synonyms:

Ambystoma mexicanum; axolotl; mud puppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

ambystomid; ambystomid salamander (small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large salamander of North American rivers and streams

Synonyms:

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; hellbender; mud puppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Holonyms ("mud puppy" is a member of...):

Cryptobranchus; genus Cryptobranchus (type genus of the Cryptobranchidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills

Synonyms:

mud puppy; Necturus maculosus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Holonyms ("mud puppy" is a member of...):

genus Necturus; Necturus (a genus of Proteidae)

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