PROTEUS ANGUINUS

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Meaning:

European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves

Synonyms:

olm; Proteus anguinus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Proteus anguinus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Proteus anguinus" is a member of...):

genus Proteus; Proteus (type genus of the Proteidae)

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