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Large salamander
Answer for the clue "Large salamander ", 10 letters:
hellbender
Word definitions for hellbender in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large salamander of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 1812, supposedly so called for its ugliness.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The hellbender ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of giant salamander that is native to eastern North America. Hellbender may also refer to: Hellbender (video game) , a 1996 futuristic flight simulator ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. large salamander of North American rivers and streams [syn: mud puppy , Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hellbender \Hell"bend`er\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A large North American aquatic salamander ( Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis ). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator , and water dog .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (taxlink Cryptobranchus alleganiensis species noshow=1), a giant salamander of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms. 2 A reckless, headstrong person.
Usage examples of hellbender.
He was entirely alone in the newt section where the great Japanese newt, the American hellbender, Andrias Scheuchzeri and a number of small amphibians, axolotls, eels, reptiles and frogs were exhibited.
Darius drove us past this armed picket line and up the curving drive to the boardinghouse, then along the grassy track between the boardinghouse and the wood-shingled carriage house, then past that garage straight down the clovery slope towards Hellbender Pond.
Euclid came through another door from the dining room and the parlor beyond, where Hellbender ballplayers, from kids like me to grizzled codgers like Creighton Nutter, were listening to the news and debating the capture of Attu in the Aleutians.