ax·o·lotl ( k s -l t l)n. Any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma) native to Mexico and the western United States that, unlike most amphibians, often retain their external gills and become sexually mature without undergoing metamorphosis. [Nahuatl.] |
axolotl [ˈæksəˌlɒtəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum (Mexican axolotl), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny): family Ambystomidae
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other North American salamanders in which neoteny occurs or is induced
[from Nahuatl, from atl water + xolotl servant, doll]
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| Noun | 1. |  axolotl - larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosingambystomid, ambystomid salamander - small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander |
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