DUSKY SALAMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dusky salamander mean? 

• DUSKY SALAMANDER (noun)
  The noun DUSKY SALAMANDER has 1 sense:

1. common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black

  Familiarity information: DUSKY SALAMANDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUSKY SALAMANDER (noun)

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Meaning:

Common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("dusky salamander" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("dusky salamander" is a member of...):

Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus (an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae)