GIANT SALAMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant salamander mean? 

• GIANT SALAMANDER (noun)
  The noun GIANT SALAMANDER has 1 sense:

1. large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia

  Familiarity information: GIANT SALAMANDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIANT SALAMANDER (noun)

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Meaning:

Large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

giant salamander; Megalobatrachus maximus

Hypernyms ("giant salamander" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Holonyms ("giant salamander" is a member of...):

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