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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing [syn: axolotl, mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Nahuatl ?x?l?tl Date: circa 1768 any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma especially A. mexicanum and A. tigrinum) of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western United States that ordinarily live and breed in the larval form without metamorphosing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an aquatic newtlike salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum, from Mexico, which in natural conditions retains its larval form for life but is able to breed. Etymology: Nahuatl f. atl water + xolotl servant

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Axolotl Ax"o*lotl, n. [The native name.] (Zo["o]l.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon. Note: 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.