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cave salamanders

cave salamanders is the plural of cave salamander.

Meaning of cave salamander

Noun

cave salamander (plural cave salamanders)

  1. Any of several species of salamander that inhabit caves, chiefly of the family Plethodontidae, but also including the olm, Proteus anguinus, often showing adaptations to living in such a lightless environment.
    • Europe's cave salamanders, scientists agree, must havve come form North America. But when, and by which route?2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 127

Questions about cave salamanders

What is cave salamanders the plural of?
Cave salamanders is the plural of cave salamander.

Words near cave salamanders in the dictionary

  1. cave physa
  2. cave physae
  3. cave physas
  4. cave popcorn
  5. cave salamander
  6. cave salamanders
  7. cave swallow
  8. cave swallows
  9. cave swiftlet
  10. cave swiftlets
  11. cave-in

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