First Known Use: circa 1768
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axolotl
noun ax·o·lotl \ˈak-sə-ˌlä-təl\
Definition of AXOLOTL
: any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma especially A. mexicanum and A. tigrinum) of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western United States that ordinarily live and breed in the larval form without metamorphosing
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Origin of AXOLOTL
Nahuatl āxōlōtl
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