mudpuppy
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- noun
- /ˈmʌdˌpʌpi/
- Specialized
- 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
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A large salamander with bushy red gills that lives in muddy water
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A large salamander that lives in water in North America and has feathery gills
A North American water salamander with red feathery gills that lives its whole life in water
A North American salamander that lives in rivers and lakes and is often called a mudpuppy
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.