spectacled salamander

noun

Either of two species of European salamander of the genus Salamandrina.

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nounspectacled salamander (plural spectacled salamanders)

plural spectacled salamanders

  1. Either of two species of European salamander of the genus Salamandrina.

    The study also revealed that the gloriously colourful Italian spectacled salamanders diverged from the rest of the salamandrid family while the dinosaurs still lived.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 35
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