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axolotl

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæk.səˌlɒ.təl/
  • General-American: /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She is going on a tour to see axolotls at Mexico.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mud puppy, Ambystoma mexicanum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ambystomid, ambystomid salamander

History

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عفريت الماء — endangered salamander
  • Assamese: আচলটল (asolotol) — endangered salamander
  • Asturian: axolote — endangered salamander
  • Catalan: axolot — endangered salamander
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨西哥鈍口螈 /墨西哥钝口螈 (Mòxīgē dùnkǒuyuán) — endangered salamander
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美西螈 (měixīyuán) — endangered salamander
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六角恐龍 /六角恐龙 (liùjiǎo kǒnglóng) — endangered salamander
  • Chinese Mandarin: 六角龍 /六角龙 (liùjiǎolóng) — endangered salamander
  • Dutch: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Esperanto: aksolotlo — endangered salamander
  • Finnish: aksolotli — endangered salamander
  • French: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Galician: axolote — endangered salamander
  • German: Axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Greek: αξολότλ (axolótl) — endangered salamander
  • Hungarian: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Icelandic: tálknamandra — endangered salamander
  • Ido: axoloto — endangered salamander
  • Irish: acsalatal — endangered salamander
  • Italian: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Italian: assolotto — endangered salamander
  • Japanese: ウーパールーパー (ūpārūpā) — endangered salamander
  • Japanese: アホロートル (ahorōtoru) — endangered salamander
  • Korean: 우파루파 (uparupa) — endangered salamander
  • Korean: 아홀로틀 (aholloteul) — endangered salamander
  • Macedonian: аксоло́тл (aksolótl) — endangered salamander
  • Matlatzinca: mentawi — endangered salamander
  • Central Mazahua: zambole — endangered salamander
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Central Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Central Nahuatl: acholotl — endangered salamander
  • Classical Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Guerrero-Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: axolot — endangered salamander
  • Morelos Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Orizaba-Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Temascaltepec-Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Western Huasteca Nahuatl: axolotl — endangered salamander
  • Otomi: nzümb’o — endangered salamander
  • Mezquital-Otomi: zombo — endangered salamander
  • Polish: ambystoma meksykańska — endangered salamander
  • Polish: aksolotl meksykański — endangered salamander
  • Polish: salamandra meksykańska — endangered salamander
  • Polish: aksolotl — endangered salamander
  • Portuguese: axolote — endangered salamander
  • Portuguese: axolotle — endangered salamander
  • Purepecha: achójki — endangered salamander
  • Romanian: axolot — endangered salamander
  • Russian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ) — endangered salamander
  • Spanish: ajolote — endangered salamander
  • Spanish: ajolota — endangered salamander
  • Spanish: axolote — endangered salamander
  • Spanish: achoque — endangered salamander
  • Tlahuica: ñelakapjo — endangered salamander
  • Turkish: aksolotl — endangered salamander
  • Turkish: Meksika semenderi — endangered salamander
  • Ukrainian: аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ) — endangered salamander
  • Welsh: acsolotl — endangered salamander
  • Yiddish: אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl) — endangered salamander
  • Yucatec Maya: bubebech — endangered salamander