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Webster 1913 Edition
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
.