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GENUS DESMOGRATHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Desmograthus mean? 

GENUS DESMOGRATHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS DESMOGRATHUS has 1 sense:

1. an amphibian genus of Plethodontidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS DESMOGRATHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DESMOGRATHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An amphibian genus of Plethodontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus

Hypernyms ("genus Desmograthus" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Desmograthus"):

dusky salamander (common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black)

Holonyms ("genus Desmograthus" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)


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