axolotl
noun
ax·o·lotl
ˈak-sə-ˌlä-tᵊl 
: any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma especially A. mexicanum and A. tigrinum) of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western U.S. that ordinarily live and breed in the larval form without metamorphosing
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While axolotls can reactivate these genes for full regeneration throughout their lives, humans likely express them only during embryonic development.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Crowds gathering at the immigration facility in recent days have adopted absurdist protest tactics, including wearing inflatable costumes depicting frogs, unicorns, axolotls, and bananas while facing federal law enforcement.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Brown and other demonstrators pulled a cart filled with 30 inflatable costumes and began passing them out to protesters, turning the gathering into a kind of night circus as a raccoon, polar bear and axolotl bounded toward the ICE building.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
Today, most axolotls are found in the canals of these lakes.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Crowds gathering at the immigration facility in recent days have adopted absurdist protest tactics, including wearing inflatable costumes depicting frogs, unicorns, axolotls, and bananas while facing federal law enforcement.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Brown and other demonstrators pulled a cart filled with 30 inflatable costumes and began passing them out to protesters, turning the gathering into a kind of night circus as a raccoon, polar bear and axolotl bounded toward the ICE building.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025
Today, most axolotls are found in the canals of these lakes.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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axolotl
noun
ax·o·lotl
ˈak-sə-ˌlät-əl
: any of several salamanders of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western U.S. that ordinarily live and breed while keeping the larval form
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