ambystomid
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1. small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | salamander, |
| definition | : | any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ambystoma talpoideum, mole salamander, |
| definition | : | brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ambystoma maculatum, spotted salamander, |
| definition | : | glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ambystoma tigrinum, tiger salamander, |
| definition | : | widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ambystoma mexicanum, axolotl, mud puppy, |
| definition | : | larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | waterdog, |
| definition | : | any of several large aquatic salamanders (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | ambystoma, genus ambystoma, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Ambystomatidae (noun.animal) |
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