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PLETHODON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plethodon mean?
• PLETHODON (noun)
The noun PLETHODON has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Plethodontidae
Familiarity information: PLETHODON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Plethodontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Plethodon; Plethodon
Hypernyms ("Plethodon" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Plethodon"):
eastern red-backed salamander; Plethodon cinereus (common salamander of eastern North America)
Plethodon vehiculum; western red-backed salamander (salamander of the Pacific coast of North America)
Holonyms ("Plethodon" is a member of...):
family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)
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