DESMOGRATHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Desmograthus mean? 

• DESMOGRATHUS (noun)
  The noun DESMOGRATHUS has 1 sense:

1. an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae

  Familiarity information: DESMOGRATHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESMOGRATHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amphibian genus of Plethodontidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus

Hypernyms ("Desmograthus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Desmograthus"):

dusky salamander (common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black)

Holonyms ("Desmograthus" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)