Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tailed amphibians of the family Proteidæ, characterized by the persistence of the gills and the possession of four limbs with four well-developed digits.
- noun [lowercase] An animal of this genus.
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_menobranchus_, popularly known as the hell-bender from its extreme ugliness.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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