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
Noun
an aquatic salamander of N America [Mexican Indian: water 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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