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Definition of Spotted salamander

1. Noun. Glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots.

2. Noun. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spotted Salamander

spotted dragonet spotted dragonets spotted eagle ray spotted eagle rays spotted fever spotted flycatcher spotted gum spotted hemlock spotted hyena spotted lynx

spotted nothura spotted nothuras spotted owl spotted ray spotted redshank spotted salamander (current term) spotted sandpiper spotted sea trout spotted sickness spotted skunk

spotted squeateague spotted sunfish spotted water hemlock spotted weakfish spotted wolffish spottedness spotter spotters spottier spotties

Literary usage of Spotted salamander

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Science Monthly (1912)
"Salamandra maculosa is a yellow-spotted salamander of the lowlands which lays its eggs in running brooks. When kept away from the water the female ..."

2. Public School Methods (1921)
"(b) THE LARGE spotted salamander. This species is black, with orange spots on each ... spotted salamander ..."

3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"Large spotted salamander. Crimson-spotted Triton. ... Smaller spotted salamander. Lead colored; one or two series of small yellow spots on sides; ..."

4. Nature Study and Life by Clifton Fremont Hodge (1902)
"spotted salamander, Amblystoma punctatum. Length, six to seven inches; color, ... Eggs of the spotted salamander will often be brought in by the children. ..."

5. Nature Study and Life by Clifton Fremont Hodge (1902)
"In rainy weather it makes excursions on land. spotted salamander, A ... Eggs of the spotted salamander will often be brought in by the children. ..."

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