salamander vs mud puppy

mud puppy vs salamander

salamander and mud puppy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
salamander	Yes	No	No	No
mud puppy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mud puppy is a hyponym of salamander; that is, mud puppy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than salamander:

salamander: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
mud puppy: large salamander of North American rivers and streams

Other hyponyms of salamander include European fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa, spotted salamander, alpine salamander, Salamandra atra, newt, triton, ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender, giant salamander, Megalobatrachus maximus, olm, Proteus anguinus, Necturus maculosus, dicamptodon, dicamptodontid, Dicamptodon ensatus, Pacific giant salamander, olympic salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus, lungless salamander, plethodont, eastern red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus, Plethodon vehiculum, western red-backed salamander, dusky salamander, climbing salamander, slender salamander, worm salamander, web-toed salamander, amphiuma, blind eel, congo eel, congo snake, siren.

salamander (noun)	mud puppy (noun)
any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed	aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire	larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
reptilian creature supposed to live in fire	large salamander of North American rivers and streams

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