Etymology

olm

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Today it means: Proteus anguinus, a cave-dwelling neotenous salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro. Full definition →

German Olm
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  1. German · borrowed fromOlm
  2. English todayolm

From German Olm, of uncertain origin.

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