| NOUN | animal | mud puppy, Necturus maculosus | aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills |
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| animal | mud puppy, hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | large salamander of North American rivers and streams | |
| animal | mud puppy, axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum | larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing |
| Meaning | aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills. | |
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| Synonym | Necturus maculosus | |
| Member of | Necturus, genus Necturus | A genus of Proteidae |
| Broader | salamander | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed |
| Meaning | large salamander of North American rivers and streams. | |
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| Synonyms | hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | |
| Member of | Cryptobranchus, genus Cryptobranchus | type genus of the Cryptobranchidae |
| Broader | salamander | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed |
| Spanish | cryptobranchus alleganiensis | |
| Catalan | cryptobranchus alleganiensis | |
| Meaning | larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing. | |
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| Synonyms | axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum | |
| Broader | ambystomid, ambystomid salamander | small to moderate-sized terrestrial / terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander |
| Spanish | ajolota, ajolote, ambystoma mexicanum | |
| Catalan | ambystoma mexicanum, axolot | |
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