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Axolotl
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Ax′o-lotl
,Noun.
[The native name.]
(Zool.)
An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.
☞ When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus
Amblystoma
. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See Siredon
. Definition 2024
Axolotl
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See also: Axolotl
English
Noun
axolotl (plural axolotls)
- A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.
Synonyms
- (amphibian): Mexican salamander
Translations
endangered salamander
Central Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/
Noun
axolotl (plural axolomeh)
References
- Mancilla Sepúlveda, Héctor. (2002) Lecciones de Nahuatl, Hirata Editorial, México DF. p. 158.
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːʃoːloːtɬ/
- IPA(key): [aː.ˈʃóː.loːt͡ɬ]
Etymology
ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)
Noun
āxōlōtl (animate, plural āxōlōmeh)
- An edible larval salamander.
- yhuan ye quixinachohua yn mimichtin. yn cueyame. yn axollome. yn acociltin. aneneztin. ahuihuitlame yn axaxayacatl. yn quatecomatl. yoyolli.
- (And fish now bred, and frogs, salamanders, crayfish, draonfly, larvae, swamp worms, winged water insects, [other] insects)
Descendants
- Spanish: ajolote
References
- Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997) Codex Chimalpahin, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, pages 80–81
- Kartunnen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 15
- Sahagún, Bernardino de (1981) Florentine Codex: Book 1 - The Gods, ed. and trans. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Charles E. Dibble, 2nd ed., rev. edition, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, page 30
French
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.sɔ.lɔtl/
Noun
axolotl m (plural axolotls)