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RHYACOTRITON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhyacotriton mean?
• RHYACOTRITON (noun)
The noun RHYACOTRITON has 1 sense:
1. olympic salamanders
Familiarity information: RHYACOTRITON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Olympic salamanders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhyacotriton; Rhyacotriton
Hypernyms ("Rhyacotriton" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "Rhyacotriton"):
olympic salamander; Rhyacotriton olympicus (small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest)
Holonyms ("Rhyacotriton" is a member of...):
Dicamptodontidae; family Dicamptodontidae (large and small highly aquatic salamanders)
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