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achoque

achoque noun: the Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).

Noun

achoque (plural achoques)

  1. (rare) The Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).
    • [See title]Accepted in 1970, Ronald A. Brandon, “Courtship, spermatophores and eggs of the Mexican Achoque^([sic]), Ambystoma (Bathysiredon) dumerili^([sic]) (Dugès) [pages 247-254]”, in Zoological Journal of...
    • The Achoque^([sic]) is a familiar animal to local residents and fishermen who exploit it for food and folk medicine.1992, Brandon, R.A., “Ambystoma dumerilii”, in Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →ISSN, page 532.2

Examples of achoque in a sentence

  • Rub Achoques^([sic]) (larval form of Ambystoma dumerilii) [likely misinterpreted as Ambystoma dumerilii remain larviform as adults] with salt and garlic.2005, Ernest A. Liner, The Culinary Herpetologist, Salt Lake City, UT: Bibliomania!, →ISBN, page 8:
  • The Chester Zoo scientists wanted to use captive achoques to test a new tagging method — small, rice grain-sized microchips — before deploying them on wild individuals.2025 November 18, “Scientists & nuns unite to save Mexico’s rare achoque salamanders”, in Shreya Dasgupta, editor, Mongabay, archived from...

Forms of achoque

pluralachoques

Origin of achoque

Borrowed from Spanish achoque, from Purepecha achójki.

Questions about achoque

What does achoque mean?
Achoque means the Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).
How do you use achoque in a sentence?
Rub Achoques^([sic]) (larval form of Ambystoma dumerilii) [likely misinterpreted as Ambystoma dumerilii remain larviform as adults] with salt and garlic.
What part of speech is achoque?
Achoque is a noun.
What is the plural of achoque?
The plural of achoque is achoques.

Words near achoque in the dictionary

  1. achondroplastic
  2. achoo
  3. achooed
  4. achooing
  5. achoos
  6. achoque
  7. achoques
  8. achor
  9. Achord
  10. achordal
  11. achordate

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