HELLBENDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hellbender mean? 

• HELLBENDER (noun)
  The noun HELLBENDER has 1 sense:

1. large salamander of North American rivers and streams

  Familiarity information: HELLBENDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELLBENDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large salamander of North American rivers and streams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; hellbender; mud puppy

Hypernyms ("hellbender" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("hellbender" is a member of...):

Cryptobranchus; genus Cryptobranchus (type genus of the Cryptobranchidae)