GENUS RHYACOTRITON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhyacotriton mean? 

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

1. olympic salamanders

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS RHYACOTRITON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Olympic salamanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rhyacotriton; Rhyacotriton

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhyacotriton"):

olympic salamander; Rhyacotriton olympicus (small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest)

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

Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)