EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eastern red-backed salamander mean? 

• EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER (noun)
  The noun EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER has 1 sense:

1. common salamander of eastern North America

  Familiarity information: EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EASTERN RED-BACKED SALAMANDER (noun)

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Meaning:

Common salamander of eastern North America

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

eastern red-backed salamander; Plethodon cinereus

Hypernyms ("eastern red-backed salamander" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("eastern red-backed salamander" is a member of...):

genus Plethodon; Plethodon (type genus of the Plethodontidae)