Definitions

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  • noun mudpuppy

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  • noun any of several large aquatic salamanders

Etymologies

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water +‎ dog

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Examples

  • The salamanders also face hybridization with the nonnative "waterdog," an eastern tiger salamander formerly imported to California as live fish bait.

    Courthouse News Service 2008

  • (COMMERCIAL BREAK) BLITZER: Bo Obama, the first family's new Portuguese waterdog, enjoying his first day over at the White House today.

    CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2009 2009

  • On the softest of sofas, half dressed, and having half an hour before splashed like a waterdog out of the bath, as big as a small pond, in the dressing-chamber beyond was the Hon.

    Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • In canis, for instance, the bull-dog and mastiff represent the ferocious sub-typical group; the waterdog is natatorial; we see the speed and length of muzzle of the suctorial group in the greyhound; and the bushy tail and gentle and serviceable character of the rasorial in the shepherd's dog and spaniel.

    Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836

  • These are creatures built for function, uniquely adapted to the places they live and sporting some of the best names going: Black Warrior waterdog (a salamander in Alabama), Cape Fear spatterdock (a North Carolina water lily) and the egg-mimic darter (a small fish in Tennessee).

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Kieran Suckling 2011

  • Veteran East Texas anglers long have relied on the waterdog or mudpuppy, which is the larval form of an aquatic salamander to haul in lunker largemouth bass, and crawfish, which love rocky structure, are the No. 1 live bait for smallmouths no matter where you are.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2010

  • Check out our The road to recovery: Learn about animals and plants that have beaten the extinction rap thanks to the Endangered Species Act. Candidate Project seeks protection for 280 U.S. species, from the surprising cave beetle to the black warrior waterdog.

    unknown title 2009

  • Defenseless, management and palsy crotalidae from new persuader, new retarded and thracian were ortygan and hydrarthrosis waterdog, the new horde committeewoman graphical.

    Rational Review 2009

  • What you see isn’t an anchor for a guy wire, but is one of those “springy flag things” that they attach to hydrants so they can find them when they’re buried in snow. waterdog says:

    Thursday, April 30 – The Bleat. 2009

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