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spotted salamander

spotted salamander noun: a species of mole salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, endemic to the eastern US and Canada.

spotted salamander: a species of mole salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, endemic to the eastern US and Canada
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Noun

spotted salamander (plural spotted salamanders)

  1. A species of mole salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, endemic to the eastern US and Canada.
    • His study began when he noticed that spotted salamanders thrived in some vernal pools while in others, just 100 metres away, their numbers were limited.2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018

Forms of spotted salamander

pluralspotted salamanders

Questions about spotted salamander

What does spotted salamander mean?
Spotted salamander means a species of mole salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, endemic to the eastern US and Canada.
What part of speech is spotted salamander?
Spotted salamander is a noun.
What is the plural of spotted salamander?
The plural of spotted salamander is spotted salamanders.

Words near spotted salamander in the dictionary

  1. spotted ponthievas
  2. spotted rainbowfish
  3. spotted rainbowfishes
  4. spotted redshank
  5. spotted redshanks
  6. spotted salamander
  7. spotted salamanders
  8. spotted sand lizard
  9. spotted sand lizards
  10. spotted sandpiper
  11. spotted sandpipers

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