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WEB-TOED SALAMANDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does web-toed salamander mean?
• WEB-TOED SALAMANDER (noun)
The noun WEB-TOED SALAMANDER has 1 sense:
1. any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
Familiarity information: WEB-TOED SALAMANDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("web-toed salamander" is a kind of...):
salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "web-toed salamander"):
Hydromantes shastae; Shasta salamander (primarily a cave dweller in the Mount Shasta area)
Hydromantes brunus; limestone salamander (similar to Shasta salamander; lives in cliff crevices and taluses)
Holonyms ("web-toed salamander" is a member of...):
genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders)
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