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‖ menobranchus|mɛnəʊˈbræŋkəs|
[mod.L.; irregularly f. Gr. µέν-ειν to remain + βράγχος gills.]
a. A genus of tailed amphibians (also called Necturus), having permanent external gills.
b. An animal of this genus; in this sense also in anglicized form menobranch |ˈmɛnəʊbræŋk|.
1845J. F. South Zool. in Encycl. Metrop. VII. 305/1 The Menobranch, Axolotl and Menopome. 1854Owen Skel. & Teeth in Orr's Circ. Sci. I. Org. Nat. 188 The menobranchus has four fingers and four toes. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 432 The notochord..is alternately constricted and widened out in Menobranchus, Siredon, and Menopoma. |