giant salamander

1. 1.

   large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia

   SynonymsMegalobatrachus maximus

   Broadersalamander

   Part ofMegalobatrachus

Questions about giant salamander

What does giant salamander mean?

giant salamander means "large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia".

What is another word for giant salamander?

Close synonyms include Megalobatrachus maximus. 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 giant salamander a common word?

giant salamander 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.