mole salamander

1. 1.

   brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States

   SynonymsAmbystoma talpoideum

   Broaderambystomid

Questions about mole salamander

What does mole salamander mean?

mole salamander means "brownish-black burrowing salamander of southeastern United States".

What is another word for mole salamander?

Close synonyms include Ambystoma talpoideum. 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 mole salamander a common word?

mole 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.