ambystoma maculatum

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   glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots

   Synonymsspotted salamander

   Broaderambystomid

Questions about ambystoma maculatum

What does ambystoma maculatum mean?

ambystoma maculatum means "glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots".

What is another word for ambystoma maculatum?

Close synonyms include spotted salamander. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ambystoma maculatum a common word?

ambystoma maculatum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.