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Noun: spotted salamander
  1. Glossy black North American salamander with yellow spots
    - Ambystoma maculatum
     
  2. European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
    - fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa

Derived forms: spotted salamanders

Type of: ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, salamander

Part of: genus Salamandra, Salamandra

Encyclopedia: Spotted salamander