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ORDER CAUDATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order Caudata mean?
• ORDER CAUDATA (noun)
The noun ORDER CAUDATA has 1 sense:
1. salamanders; newts; congo snakes
Familiarity information: ORDER CAUDATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Salamanders; newts; congo snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella
Hypernyms ("order Caudata" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Caudata"):
caudate; urodele (amphibians that resemble lizards)
family Salamandridae; Salamandridae (salamanders)
Ambystomatidae; family Ambystomatidae (New World salamanders)
Cryptobranchidae; family Cryptobranchidae (large aquatic salamanders: hellbenders; giant salamanders)
family Proteidae; Proteidae (mud puppies)
Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
Amphiumidae; family Amphiumidae (congo snakes)
family Sirenidae; Sirenidae (sirens)
Holonyms ("order Caudata" is a member of...):
amphibia; class Amphibia (the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians)
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