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PLETHODON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Plethodontidae

Synonyms:

genus Plethodon; Plethodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Plethodon" is a kind of...):

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "Plethodon"):

eastern red-backed salamander; Plethodon cinereus (common salamander of eastern North America)

Plethodon vehiculum; western red-backed salamander (salamander of the Pacific coast of North America)

Holonyms ("Plethodon" is a member of...):

family Plethodontidae; Plethodontidae (small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults)

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