FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Salamandridae mean? 

• FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. salamanders

  Familiarity information: FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SALAMANDRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Salamanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Salamandridae; Salamandridae

Hypernyms ("family Salamandridae" is a kind of...):

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "family Salamandridae"):

genus Salamandra; Salamandra (type genus of the Salamandridae)

newt; triton (small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia)

genus Triturus; Triturus (chiefly aquatic salamanders)

genus Notophthalmus; Notophthalmus (newts)

genus Taricha; Taricha (Pacific newts)

Holonyms ("family Salamandridae" is a member of...):

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