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PLETHODONTIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults
Synonyms:
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Plethodontidae" is a kind of...):
amphibian family (any family of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Plethodontidae"):
genus Plethodon; Plethodon (type genus of the Plethodontidae)
lungless salamander; plethodont (mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water)
Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus (an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae)
Aneides; genus Aneides (climbing salamanders)
Batrachoseps; genus Batrachoseps (slender salamanders)
genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders)
Holonyms ("Plethodontidae" is a member of...):
Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)