plethodon
noun
pleth·o·don
ˈplethəˌdän
1
capitalized : the type genus of Plethodontidae comprising New World terrestrial salamanders that lay large yolk-filled eggs and do not pass through an aquatic larval period see red-backed salamander
2
plural -s : a salamander of the genus Plethodon
Word History
Etymology
New Latin pleth- (from Greek plēthos mass, magnitude, from plēthein to be full) + -odon