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CAUDATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Salamanders; newts; congo snakes
Synonyms:
Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Caudata" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Caudata"):
caudate; urodele (amphibians that resemble lizards)
family Salamandridae; Salamandridae (salamanders)
Ambystomatidae; family Ambystomatidae (New World salamanders)
Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae (large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders)
family Proteidae; Proteidae (mud puppies)
Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
Amphiumidae; family Amphiumidae (congo snakes)
family Sirenidae; Sirenidae (sirens)
Holonyms ("Caudata" is a member of...):
amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)