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mud⋅pup⋅py

  [muhd-puhp-ee]
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–noun, plural -pies.
1. any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs.
2. any of several North American salamanders of the genus Ambystoma.
Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; mud + puppy
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hell·bend·er   (hěl'běn'dər)   
n.  A large aquatic salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of the eastern and central United States. Also called mudpuppy.
mud·puppy also mud pup·py   (mŭd'pŭp'ē)   
n.   pl. mud·pup·pies also mud pup·pies

  1. Any of several large North American salamanders of the genus Necturus, especially N. maculosus, that live in damp regions and have conspicuous clusters of dark red external gills. Also called water dog.

  2. See hellbender.

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