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Axolotl

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Noun

1. ambystoma mexicanum, axolotl, mud puppy

larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Axolotl

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noun
1. 
any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny): family Ambystomidae
2. 
any of various other North American salamanders in which neoteny occurs or is induced

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Axolotl

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noun
any of various members of a genus (Ambystoma) of dark salamanders of Mexico and the W U.S. that mature sexually and breed while remaining in the gilled larval stage due to a thyroid deficiency

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Axolotl

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n.
Any of several salamanders of the genus Ambystoma of Mexico and the western United States that do not go through metamorphosis, becoming sexually mature while in an aquatic larval form with external gills.

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