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GENUS DESMOGRATHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Desmograthus mean?
• GENUS DESMOGRATHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DESMOGRATHUS has 1 sense:
1. an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
Familiarity information: GENUS DESMOGRATHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus
Hypernyms ("genus Desmograthus" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Desmograthus"):
dusky salamander (common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black)
Holonyms ("genus Desmograthus" is a member of...):
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
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