MEGALOBATRACHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megalobatrachus mean? 

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

1. giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGALOBATRACHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Megalobatrachus; Megalobatrachus

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Megalobatrachus"):

giant salamander; Megalobatrachus maximus (large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia)

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

Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae (large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders)