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Cryptobranchus

noun

type genus of the Cryptobranchidae

• Syn: ↑genus Cryptobranchus

• Hypernyms: ↑amphibian genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cryptobranchidae, ↑family Cryptobranchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hellbender, ↑mud puppy, ↑Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

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\\-ŋkəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from crypt- + Greek branchos gill; probably akin to Greek bronchos windpipe, throat — more at craw

: the type genus of Cryptobranchidae comprising the hellbenders

Useful english dictionary. 2012.