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

Examples of axolotl in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The axolotl’s unusually large genome may be useful for something. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023 If a corgi isn’t their favorite animal, the company makes many other soft plushie friends, including a sloth, turtle, and an axolotl. —

Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023 Anyway, scientists have been working on assembling the axolotl genome for years. —

Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2019 The axolotl, a species of salamander, can regrow its limbs, multiple organs and even its spinal cord. —

Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023 The axolotl is omnipresent—and at the same time, vanishing. —

Byrichard Stone, science.org, 9 May 2023 This movie shows immune cells, labeled to glow green, moving within a regenerating axolotl fingertip. —

Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020 An axolotl comes into play as well. —

BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 And if dinos aren’t their jam, this memory foam pillow also comes in varieties like a unicorn, axolotl, shark, avocado, penguin and more. —

Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2023 See More

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