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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing;
[syn: axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Axolotl \Ax"o*lotl\, n. [The native name.] (Zool.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon. [1913 Webster] Note: When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus Amblystoma. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See Siredon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

axolotl n 1: larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing [syn: axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum]