AMBYSTOMID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ambystomid mean? 

• AMBYSTOMID (noun)
  The noun AMBYSTOMID has 1 sense:

1. small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander

  Familiarity information: AMBYSTOMID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMBYSTOMID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ambystomid; ambystomid salamander

Hypernyms ("ambystomid" 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 "ambystomid"):

Ambystoma talpoideum; mole salamander (brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States)

Ambystoma maculatum; spotted salamander (glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots)

Ambystoma tigrinum; tiger salamander (widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches)

Ambystoma mexicanum; axolotl; mud puppy (larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing)

waterdog (any of several large aquatic salamanders)

Holonyms ("ambystomid" is a member of...):

Ambystoma; genus Ambystoma (type genus of the Ambystomatidae)