GENUS PLETHODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Plethodon mean? 

• GENUS PLETHODON (noun)
  The noun GENUS PLETHODON has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Plethodontidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS PLETHODON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PLETHODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Plethodontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Plethodon; Plethodon

Hypernyms ("genus Plethodon" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Plethodon"):

eastern red-backed salamander; Plethodon cinereus (common salamander of eastern North America)

Plethodon vehiculum; western red-backed salamander (salamander of the Pacific coast of North America)

Holonyms ("genus Plethodon" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)