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  • 51Clement Samuel Brimley — est un zoologiste autodidacte américain né le 18 décembre 1863 en Angleterre et mort le 23 juillet 1946 à Raleigh en Caroline du Nord. Il a travaillé au North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Son frère Herbert Hutchinson… …

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  • 52amphibian genus — noun any genus of amphibians • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Hynerpeton, ↑genus Hynerpeton, ↑genus Ichthyostega, ↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra, ↑Triturus, ↑ …

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  • 53family Proteidae — noun mud puppies • Syn: ↑Proteidae • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Urodella, ↑order Urodella, ↑Caudata, ↑order Caudata …

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  • 54Proteidae — noun mud puppies • Syn: ↑family Proteidae • Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Urodella, ↑order Urodella, ↑Caudata, ↑order Caudata …

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  • 55menobranch — men o*branch, Menobranchus Men o*bran chus, n. [NL. menobranchus, fr. Gr. ? to remain + ? a gill.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus {Necturus}, having permanent external gills. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56Menobranchus — menobranch men o*branch, Menobranchus Men o*bran chus, n. [NL. menobranchus, fr. Gr. ? to remain + ? a gill.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large aquatic American salamander of the genus {Necturus}, having permanent external gills. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 57Proteida — Proteidea Pro te*id e*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Proteus}, and { oid}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus ({Necturus}). Called also {Proteoidea}, and {Proteida} …

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  • 58Proteidea — Pro te*id e*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Proteus}, and { oid}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus ({Necturus}). Called also {Proteoidea}, and {Proteida}. [1913… …

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  • 59Proteoidea — Proteidea Pro te*id e*a, n. pl. [NL. See {Proteus}, and { oid}.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of aquatic amphibians having prominent external gills and four legs. It includes Proteus and Menobranchus ({Necturus}). Called also {Proteoidea}, and {Proteida} …

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  • 60mud puppy — noun Date: 1882 a large North American salamander (Necturus maculosus) that has external gills and is gray to rusty brown usually with bluish black spots …

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