(cryptobranchus)

  • 91hellbender — noun an aquatic giant salamander with greyish skin and a flattened head, native to North America. [Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.] …

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  • 92hellbender — hell•bend•er [[t]ˈhɛlˌbɛn dər[/t]] n. ram a large, broad headed salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in E North America • Etymology: 1805–15, amer …

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  • 93hellbender — ☆ hellbender [hel′ben΄dər ] n. a giant, primitive, edible salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, family Cryptobranchidae) with lidless eyes, found esp. in the Ohio valley …

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  • 94genus Megalobatrachus — noun giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus • Syn: ↑Megalobatrachus • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptobranchidae, ↑family Cryptobranchidae …

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  • 95andrias — ˈandrēəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, image of a man, from andr , anēr man; from the fact that the first specimen found was believed to be the remains of a man destroyed by the Deluge : a genus of large fossil M …

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