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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 salamanders
Familiarity information: DICAMPTODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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