proteus anguinus

1. 1.

   European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves

   Synonymsolm

   Broadersalamander

   Part ofProteus

Questions about proteus anguinus

What does proteus anguinus mean?

proteus anguinus means "European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves".

What is another word for proteus anguinus?

Close synonyms include olm. 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 proteus anguinus a common word?

proteus anguinus 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.