spotted salamander

Questions about spotted salamander

What does spotted salamander mean?

spotted salamander means "glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for spotted salamander?

Close synonyms include Ambystoma maculatum, fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa. 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 spotted salamander a common word?

spotted 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.