urodele

U1R1O1D2E1L1E1

noun

Any caudate amphibian.

Similar
caudate
OriginLatin Urodela →
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Meanings

nounurodele (plural urodeles)

plural urodeles

  1. biologyAny caudate amphibian.

    Although courtship and other mating behaviors of many urodele amphibians in the laboratory have been described in great detail (Arnold, 1977; Halliday and Verrell, 1986; Verrell, 1989), little is known about such behavior in natural populations (MacMahon, 1964; Lynch and Wallace, 1987).

    1989 December 27, Fredric J. Janzen; Edmund D. Brodie, III, “Tall Tails and Sexy Males: Sexual Behavior of Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) in a Natural Breeding Pond”, in Copeia, volume 1989, number 4

Synonyms & antonyms

nounamphibians that resemble lizards

Similar
caudate
Broader
amphibian
Also see
caudate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinUrodela
  2. Englishurodele

From Latin Urodela.

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APA

urodele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urodele

MLA

“urodele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urodele. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urodele,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urodele.

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