noun
salamanders
• Syn: ↑family Salamandridae
• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Urodella, ↑order Urodella, ↑Caudata, ↑order Caudata
• Member Meronyms:
↑Salamandra, ↑genus Salamandra, ↑newt, ↑triton, ↑Triturus, ↑genus Triturus, ↑Notophthalmus, ↑genus Notophthalmus, ↑Taricha, ↑genus Taricha
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷drəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of amphibians (order Caudata) that comprises forms with a long row of prevomerine teeth and includes the cosmopolitan Triturus and several related Old World genera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.