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PLETHODONT

Dictionary entry overview: What does plethodont mean?

• PLETHODONT (noun)
The noun PLETHODONT has 1 sense:

1. mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water

Familiarity information: PLETHODONT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLETHODONT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lungless salamander; plethodont

Hypernyms ("plethodont" is a kind of...):

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Holonyms ("plethodont" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)

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