Crossword clues for hellbender
hellbender
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
large salamander of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, 1812, supposedly so called for its ugliness.
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.
WordNet
n. large salamander of North American rivers and streams [syn: mud puppy, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis]
Wikipedia
The hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), also known as the hellbender salamander, is a species of aquatic giant salamander endemic to eastern North America. A member of the family Cryptobranchidae, hellbenders are the only members of the genus Cryptobranchus, and are joined only by one other genus of salamanders ( Andrias, which contains the Japanese and Chinese giant salamanders) at the family level. These salamanders are much larger than any others in their range, they employ an unusual means of respiration (which involves cutaneous gas exchange through capillaries found in their dorsoventral skin folds), and they fill a particular niche—both as a predator and prey—in their ecosystems, which either they or their ancestors have occupied for around 65 million years. The species is listed as Near Threatened.
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 published by Microsoft and developed by Terminal Reality
- Hellbender, a jeep-like vehicle in the Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 3 computer games
- The Hellbenders (I crudeli, 1967), a spaghetti western directed by Sergio Corbucci
Hellbender is a simulation video game developed by Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft Game Studios for Windows 95. It is the sequel to Fury3. A demo version of the game was included on later CD-ROM versions of Windows 95. The voice of the ship's computer was portrayed by Gillian Anderson, who is best known from the TV series, The X-Files.
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.