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    FAMILY PLETHODONTIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adultsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Plethodontidae" is a kind of...):

    amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

    Meronyms (members of "family Plethodontidae"):

    genus Plethodon; Plethodon (type genus of the Plethodontidae)

    lungless salamander; plethodont (mostly terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin; lay eggs in moist places on land; rarely enter water)

    Desmograthus; genus Desmograthus (an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae)

    Aneides; genus Aneides (climbing salamanders)

    Batrachoseps; genus Batrachoseps (slender salamanders)

    genus Hydromantes; Hydromantes (web-toed salamanders)

    Holonyms ("family Plethodontidae" is a member of...):

    Caudata; order Caudata; order Urodella; Urodella (salamanders; newts; congo snakes)

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