SPOTTED SALAMANDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted salamander mean? 

• SPOTTED SALAMANDER (noun)
  The noun SPOTTED SALAMANDER has 2 senses:

1. glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots

2. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots

  Familiarity information: SPOTTED SALAMANDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOTTED SALAMANDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ambystoma maculatum; spotted salamander

Hypernyms ("spotted salamander" is a kind of...):

ambystomid; ambystomid salamander (small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fire salamander; Salamandra maculosa; spotted salamander

Hypernyms ("spotted salamander" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("spotted salamander" is a member of...):

genus Salamandra; Salamandra (type genus of the Salamandridae)