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Definition of Axolotl
1. Noun. Larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing.
Definition of Axolotl
1. n. An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
Definition of Axolotl
1. Noun. An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon. ¹
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Definition of Axolotl
1. a salamander of Mexico and western United States [n -S]
Medical Definition of Axolotl
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Axolotl
Literary usage of Axolotl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"THE name "axolotl'' is primarily the popular designation among the Mexicans for an
... The Mexican axolotl is said not to metamorphose from an aquatic to a ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... that the name axolotl properly applies ; before the metamorphosis was discovered
its connection with Amblystoma was not suspected, and it was placed in ..."
3. The doctrine of descent and Darwinism by Oscar Schmidt, Schmidt (Eduard Oskar) (1875)
"axolotl. between the presence of the decapods and the primordial crabs. There can
be no other view of this subject. The Nauplius phase in the development of ..."