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OLM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does olm mean?
• OLM (noun)
The noun OLM has 1 sense:
1. European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
Familiarity information: OLM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
olm; Proteus anguinus
Hypernyms ("olm" is a kind of...):
salamander (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)
Holonyms ("olm" is a member of...):
genus Proteus; Proteus (type genus of the Proteidae)
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