MUD PUPPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mud puppy mean? 

• MUD PUPPY (noun)
  The noun MUD PUPPY has 3 senses:

1. aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills

2. large salamander of North American rivers and streams

3. larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

  Familiarity information: MUD PUPPY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUD PUPPY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

mud puppy; Necturus maculosus

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("mud puppy" is a member of...):

genus Necturus; Necturus (a genus of Proteidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large salamander of North American rivers and streams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; hellbender; mud puppy

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("mud puppy" is a member of...):

Cryptobranchus; genus Cryptobranchus (type genus of the Cryptobranchidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ambystoma mexicanum; axolotl; mud puppy

Hypernyms ("mud puppy" is a kind of...):

ambystomid; ambystomid salamander (small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander)