proteus anguinus

English Thesaurus

1. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	salamander,
definition	:	any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus proteus, proteus,
definition	:	type genus of the Proteidae (noun.animal)