ambystomid

[am-bis-tuh-mid]

am·bys·to·mid

[am-bis-tuh-mid]
noun
1.
Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to the ambystomids.

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Ambystomid is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Compare axolotl.


Origin:
1940–45; < Neo-Latin Ambystom(a) genus name (amby-, probably erroneous for Greek amblý(s) blunt, dull + -stoma -stome) + -id2
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ambystomid

noun
small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander 
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