Plethodontid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the Plethodontidae, a family of lungless salamanders.

    "The family of salamanders known as plethodontids are unusual in many ways."

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"The family of salamanders known as plethodontids are unusual in many ways."

Etymology

From scientific Latin Plethodontidae (family name), from Plethodon (genus name), from Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “great number”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

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