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DICAMPTODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dicamptodon mean? 

DICAMPTODON (noun)
  The noun DICAMPTODON has 1 sense:

1. salamanders found near cold streams throughout the yearplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DICAMPTODON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dicamptodon; dicamptodontid

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

salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

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

Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)


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