Definition of Family proteidae

1. Noun. Mud puppies.

Exact synonyms: Proteidae
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Caudata, Order Caudata, Order Urodella, Urodella
Member holonyms: Genus Proteus, Proteus, Genus Necturus, Necturus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Proteidae

family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae
family Pristidae
family Procaviidae
family Procellariidae
family Procyonidae
family Proteaceae
family Proteidae
family Prunellidae
family Pseudococcidae
family Pseudomonodaceae
family Psilophytaceae
family Psilotaceae
family Psittacidae
family Psocidae
family Psophiidae
family Psychodidae
family Psyllidae
family Pteridaceae
family Pteriidae
family Pteroclididae
family Pterodactylidae

Literary usage of Family proteidae

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

1. Transactions of the American Dental Association at Its ... Annual Session by American Dental Association (1898)
"... structure recalling 'that of certain paleozoic ganoid fishes. Order Urodela.—Family Proteidae. ..."

2. Mostly Mammals, Zoological Essays by Richard Lydekker (1903)
"Now it is a most remarkable fact that the only other salamander referred to the same family (Proteidae) as the olm is a peculiar North American species with ..."

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