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WEB-TOED SALAMANDER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("web-toed salamander" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "web-toed salamander"):

Hydromantes shastae; Shasta salamander (primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area)

Hydromantes brunus; limestone salamander (similar to Shasta salamander; lives in cliff crevices and taluses)

Holonyms ("web-toed salamander" is a member of...):

genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders)

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