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Salamander

Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

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Amphibian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

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Amphiuma 76% connected

A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings;…

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Congo snake 76% connected

An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.

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Hellbender 76% connected

A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also cal…

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Newt 76% connected

Any one of several species of small aquatic salamanders. The common British species are the crested newt (Triton cristatus) and the smooth newt (Loph…

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Siren 76% connected

One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweet…

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Triton 76% connected

A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper pa…

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Poker 92% connected

One who pokes.

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