plethodon

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Plethodontidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	amphibian genus,
definition	:	any genus of amphibians (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	eastern red-backed salamander, plethodon cinereus,
definition	:	common salamander of eastern North America (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	plethodon vehiculum, western red-backed salamander,
definition	:	salamander of the Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family plethodontidae, plethodontidae,
definition	:	small mostly terrestrial New World salamanders having neither lungs nor gills as adults (noun.animal)