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SALAMANDRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Salamandridae mean?
• SALAMANDRIDAE (noun)
The noun SALAMANDRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. salamanders
Familiarity information: SALAMANDRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Salamanders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Salamandridae; Salamandridae
Hypernyms ("Salamandridae" is a kind of...):
amphibian family (any family of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Salamandridae"):
genus Salamandra; Salamandra (type genus of the Salamandridae)
newt; triton (small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia)
genus Triturus; Triturus (chiefly aquatic salamanders)
genus Notophthalmus; Notophthalmus (newts)
genus Taricha; Taricha (Pacific newts)
Holonyms ("Salamandridae" is a member of...):
Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)
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