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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•bys•to•mid (am bis′tə mid),USA pronunciation n. - ReptilesAlso called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
adj. - Reptilesof or pertaining to the ambystomids. Cf. axolotl.
- Neo-Latin Ambystom(a) genus name (amby-, probably erroneous for Greek amblý(s) blunt, dull + -stoma -stome) + -id2
- 1940–45
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