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tiger salamander

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A long slender salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, having black skin and yellow markings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ambystoma tigrinum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ambystomid, ambystomid salamander

History

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: salamandra tigrada — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虎紋鈍口螈 /虎纹钝口螈 (hǔwéndùnkǒuyuán) — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 虎斑蠑螈 /虎斑蝾螈 (hǔbānróngyuán) — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Finnish: tiikerisalamanteri — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • French: salamandre tigrée — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • German: Tigersalamander — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Japanese: タイガーサラマンダー (taigāsaramandā) — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Korean: 범무늬도롱뇽 (beommunuidorongnyong) — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Navajo: tsxilghááh łikizhígíí — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Polish: ambystoma tygrysia — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Russian: тигро́вая салама́ндра (tigróvaja salamándra) — Ambystoma tigrinum
  • Russian: тигро́вая амбисто́ма (tigróvaja ambistóma) — Ambystoma tigrinum