Definition of Genus cryptobranchus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Cryptobranchidae.

Exact synonyms: Cryptobranchus
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Cryptobranchidae, Family Cryptobranchidae
Member holonyms: Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis, Hellbender, Mud Puppy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cryptobranchus

genus Crescentia
genus Crex
genus Cricetus
genus Crocethia
genus Crocodilus
genus Crocodylus
genus Crocus
genus Crocuta
genus Cronartium
genus Crotalaria
genus Crotalus
genus Crotaphytus
genus Croton
genus Crotophaga
genus Cryptacanthodes
genus Cryptobranchus
genus Cryptocercus
genus Cryptocoryne
genus Cryptogramma
genus Cryptomeria
genus Cryptoprocta
genus Cryptotermes
genus Cryptotis
genus Ctenocephalides
genus Ctenocephalus
genus Cuculus
genus Cucumis
genus Cucurbita
genus Culcita
genus Culex

Literary usage of Genus cryptobranchus

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

1. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"The large, heavy-bodied, blackish water-dog or hell-bender, genus Cryptobranchus, is another aquatic form, but the external gills are replaced by small ..."

2. A Manual of Zoology for the Use of Students: With a General Introd. on the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1887)
"... the only known species of which grows to a length of about a couple of feet. Related to the preceding is the genus Cryptobranchus ..."

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