noun
common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black
• Hypernyms: ↑salamander
• Member Holonyms: ↑Desmograthus, ↑genus Desmograthus
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noun1. : a dark color phase of the red-backed salamander
2. : any of several common No. American plethodontid salamanders (genus Desmograthus) typically mottled or marked with dull browns or grayish black
Useful english dictionary. 2012.