English Explanatory Dictionary

plethodontid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the Plethodontidae, a family of lungless salamanders.

Word forms

plethodontid plethodontids

Etymology

From scientific Latin Plethodontidae (family name), from Plethodon (genus name), from Ancient Greek πλῆθος (plêthos, “great number”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

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