axolotl

[ ak-suh-lot-l ]

noun

1. any of several salamanders of the genus Ambystoma that inhabit lakes and ponds of Mexico and remain in the larval stage as sexually mature adults.

axolotl

/ ˈæksəˌlɒtəl /

noun

1. any of several aquatic salamanders of the North American genus Ambystoma, esp A. mexicanum ( Mexican axolotl ), in which the larval form (including external gills) is retained throughout life under natural conditions (see neoteny ): family Ambystomidae
2. any of various other North American salamanders in which neoteny occurs or is induced

Word History and Origins

Origin of axolotl¹

1780–90; < Nahuatl āxōlōtl, equivalent to ā ( tl ) water + xōlōtl page, male servant

Word History and Origins

Origin of axolotl¹

C18: from Nahuatl, from atl water + xolotl servant, doll

Example Sentences

Among other things, they are digging narrow canals adjacent to chinampas to act as a refuge for the critically endangered axolotl and other threatened species.

From Popular-Science

Wild axolotl sightings are rare, but Zambrano says a survey of the population is pending.

From Popular-Science

Also in the axolotl, where there are douple pits, placed side by side, not only superiorly but at the same time inferiorly.

From Project Gutenberg

When found in the terrestrial form, the Axolotl is called Amblystoma tigrinum, and is classed among the salamanders.

From Project Gutenberg

The Axolotl rarely or never undergoes metamorphosis in its native country, 565.

From Project Gutenberg

Postscript; dryness of the air the probable cause of the assumed reversion of the Amblystoma to the Axolotl, 613.

From Project Gutenberg

What first made this view appear to me erroneous, was the appearance of the living Amblystomas bred from my Axolotl larv.

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