mudpuppy
- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌpʌpi/
- Specialized
:
salamandra de barro
- Scientists studied the mudpuppy to learn more about its habitat in North American rivers.
Examples
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That mudpuppy will be back hard in ten minutes.
Fiction book (1997) -
The mudpuppy swam gracefully through the clear lake, its external gills waving in the water.
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During our nature hike, we spotted a mudpuppy resting on a rock near the riverbank.
Synonyms
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A small animal like a lizard with a long tail that lives on land and returns to water to breed
A North American water salamander with red feathery gills that lives its whole life in water
A large salamander with bushy red gills that lives in muddy water
A North American salamander that lives in rivers and lakes and is often called a mudpuppy
A large salamander that lives in water in North America and has feathery gills
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mudpuppy is made from the common words mud and puppy because people thought the animal lived in 'muddy water' and looked a bit like a 'little dog'. So mudpuppy now means a water salamander often found in rivers and lakes.