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axolotl

/ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

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What does axolotl mean?

noun

  1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum.

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/ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/

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We have warrant for this possibility in the case of the Axolotl and in other similar cases of neoteny.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
M. Cuvier has enriched this work with a very comprehensive treatise on the axolotl of the lake of Mexico, and on the genera of the Protei.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322