WORM SALAMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worm salamander mean? 

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

1. any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORM SALAMANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

slender salamander; worm salamander

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

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

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

Batrachoseps; genus Batrachoseps (slender salamanders)