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单词 mud puppy
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mud puppyn.

Brit. /ˈmʌd ˌpʌpi/, U.S. /ˈməd ˌpəpi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.1, puppy n.
Etymology: < mud n.1 + puppy n. Compare earlier water-puppy n. at water n. Compounds 8c, water dog n. 3c.
A large aquatic salamander of eastern North America, Necturus maculosus (family Proteidae), which reaches sexual maturity while retaining an immature body form with feathery external gills. Also (U.S.): a mole salamander; a hellbender.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Cryptobranchidae > cryptobranchus alleghaniensis (hellbender)
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Urodela or Caudata > [noun] > family Proteidae (mudpuppies) > genus Menobranchus or Necturus > necturus maculosus (mud-puppy)
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1877 J. B. Holder Hist. Amer. Fauna in J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. III. p. ccxxii/1 Mud Puppy (Necturus lateralis). Called, also, Water Dog, Menobranchus, Dog-Fish. Is common north and west of the Alleghanies; abundant in the Great Lake region.
1878 Amer. Naturalist 12 412 Professor C. Semper..is desirous of obtaining specimens of North American salamanders, newts, hellbenders, mud-puppies or ‘fish-on-legs’.
1897 Outing 30 439/2 The mud-puppy..is a repulsive-looking water-lizard.
1949 Amer. Photogr. Sept. 593/1 The best known is probably the common mud puppy or water dog (Necturus maculosus).
1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. 198 Throughout much of Dixieland, Mudpuppy is also used by country folk, but they reserve that name for adults of any of the Mole Salamanders (Ambystoma).
1972 Farmers & Consumers Market Bull. (Georgia Dept. Agric.) 8 Mar. 8/2 The reptile you described closely resembles a salamander, known as a hellbender or mudpuppy.
1992 N.Y. Times 4 Aug. c8/5 A foot-long freshwater lizard called a mudpuppy, which lives throughout the Mississippi River Valley and frequently gets snagged in fishing nets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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