CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cryptobranchidae mean? 

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

1. large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae

Hypernyms ("Cryptobranchidae" is a kind of...):

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Cryptobranchidae"):

Cryptobranchus; genus Cryptobranchus (type genus of the Cryptobranchidae)

genus Megalobatrachus; Megalobatrachus (giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus)

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

Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)