mud puppy

mud·puppy also mud pup·py  (mdpp)

n. pl. mud·pup·pies

1. Any of several large North American salamanders of the genus Necturus, especially N. maculosus, that live in damp regions and have conspicuous clusters of dark red external gills. Also called water dog.

2. See hellbender.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mud puppy - aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills Necturus maculosus salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed genus Necturus, Necturus - a genus of Proteidae
	2.	mud puppy - large salamander of North American rivers and streams Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed Cryptobranchus, genus Cryptobranchus - type genus of the Cryptobranchidae
	3.	mud puppy - larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing Ambystoma mexicanum, axolotl ambystomid, ambystomid salamander - small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander