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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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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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mud puppy

any of five species of entirely aquatic salamanders in a genus (Necturus) belonging to the family Proteidae (or Necturidae), in the order Caudata. Their popular name derives from the mistaken belief that they are able to bark. They are found in lakes, rivers, and swamps of eastern North America. Species inhabiting the southern United States are commonly called water dogs

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