FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Plethodontidae mean? 

• FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults

  Familiarity information: FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae

Hypernyms ("family Plethodontidae" is a kind of...):

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "family Plethodontidae"):

genus Plethodon; Plethodon (type genus of the Plethodontidae)

lungless salamander; plethodont (mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water)

Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus (an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae)

Aneides; genus Aneides (climbing salamanders)

Batrachoseps; genus Batrachoseps (slender salamanders)

genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders)

Holonyms ("family Plethodontidae" is a member of...):

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