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mole salamander

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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.
Compare axolotl.


Origin:
1940–45; < NL Ambystom(a) genus name (amby-, prob. erroneous for Gk amblý(s) blunt, dull + -stoma -stome ) + -id 2
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mole salamander

noun
brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States 
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