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GENUS HYDROMANTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hydromantes mean? 

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

1. web-toed salamandersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS HYDROMANTES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Web-toed salamanders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hydromantes"):

web-toed salamander (any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues; excellent climbers that move with ease over smooth rock surfaces)

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

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


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