hellbender

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The Ozark hellbender is a large, strictly aquatic salamander endemic to streams of the Ozark Plateau in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.

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  1. noun A large aquatic salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of the eastern and central United States. Also called mudpuppy.

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  • Florida to the jungles of Asia to capture and study the big four of the salamander world a greater siren that breathes through gills, has two legs and can spin like a top; the two-toed amphiuma; the hellbender, with its flattened head and sagging skin the most hideous of the four; and a big, ferocious, battle-scarred beast called the denmaster. —  Mania News Feed
  • According to Shapiro, a portion of the land has been designated a "wild and scenic river home" by both the federal and state government due to the fact the hellbender, an endangered species similar to a large salamander, has a habitat nearby. —  Salem News
  • The Ozark hellbender is a large, strictly aquatic salamander endemic to streams of the Ozark Plateau in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. —  The Nature Conservancy
  • The state's endangered species list still includes more than 60 plants and animals, although a new species has not been added since the Ozark hellbender, a foot-long salamander that is found in Ozark streams, was added about four years ago. —  Columbia Missourian: Latest Articles
  • He read of a rumored Police Department shake up, and he could afford to smile at the vitality of that hellbender-like report. —  Never-Fail Blake
 

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  1. from hell, 2, as a term of emphasis, + bender, 4.
 

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/ˈhɛlbɛndər/
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