Meanings
nounmole salamander (plural mole salamanders)
plural mole salamanders
- A member of the salamander genus Ambystoma, especially Ambystoma talpoideum.
The axolotl is a member of the Mole salamanders, a genus found only in North America, and one of a handful of species found only in the highland lakes of Mexico.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbrownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States
Similar
Ambystoma talpoideum
Broader
ambystomidambystomid salamander
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