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PLETHODON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Plethodontidae
Synonyms:
genus Plethodon; Plethodon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Plethodon" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Plethodon"):
eastern red-backed salamander; Plethodon cinereus (common salamander of eastern North America)
Plethodon vehiculum; western red-backed salamander (salamander of the Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Plethodon" is a member of...):
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
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