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DICAMPTODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dicamptodontidae mean? 

DICAMPTODONTIDAE (noun)
  The noun DICAMPTODONTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. large and small highly aquatic salamandersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DICAMPTODONTIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large and small highly aquatic salamanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Dicamptodontidae"):

genus Dicamptodon (type genus of the Dicamptodontidae)

dicamptodon; dicamptodontid (salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year)

genus Rhyacotriton; Rhyacotriton (olympic salamanders)

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

Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)


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