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GENUS DICAMPTODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dicamptodon mean?
• GENUS DICAMPTODON (noun)
The noun GENUS DICAMPTODON has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
Familiarity information: GENUS DICAMPTODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Dicamptodontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Dicamptodon" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dicamptodon"):
Dicamptodon ensatus; Pacific giant salamander (large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America)
Holonyms ("genus Dicamptodon" is a member of...):
Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)
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