mud puppy
1. aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills • Syn: Necturus maculosus • Hypernyms: salamander • Member Holonyms: Necturus, genus Necturus 2. large salamander of North American rivers and streams • Syn: hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis • Hypernyms: salamander • Member Holonyms: Cryptobranchus, genus Cryptobranchus 3. larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing • Syn: axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum • Hypernyms: ambystomid, ambystomid salamander
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