Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mud_puppy

3 senses of mud puppy

Sense 1
mud puppy, Necturus maculosus -- (aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills)
       => salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Sense 2
hellbender, mud puppy, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis -- (large salamander of North American rivers and streams)
       => salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)

Sense 3
axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum -- (larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing)
       => ambystomid, ambystomid salamander -- (small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander)