Proteidae (Noun)
Meaning
Mud puppies.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The proteidae family includes several species of mud puppies, a type of aquatic salamander.
- Mud puppies belong to the proteidae family, comprising entirely aquatic species that resemble large newts.
- The proteidae family consists of six living species of mud puppies found primarily in North America.
- Mud puppies are the only species in the proteidae family, typically living at the bottom of slow-moving bodies of water.
- Proteidae includes various types of mud puppies that usually have both gills and limbs to thrive in different aquatic environments.