How to Use axolotl in a Sentence
axolotl
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The axolotl, with 32 billion DNA bases in its genome, appeared to be in this camp.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2018
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Why not give a salamander like Archie the axolotl a try.
—Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
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They’re cuddled up at home with a pink axolotl named Archie.
—Vulture, 29 June 2022
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The axolotl is omnipresent—and at the same time, vanishing.
—Byrichard Stone, science.org, 9 May 2023
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Once revered by Aztecs, today the axolotl appears in many forms.
—Samantha Schipani, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
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But, Ralston said, the axolotl’s story is not all plush and cuteness.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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Zoo officials expect the pink axolotl will be a big hit with kids.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
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Nearly all the humans in my life are as contained today as an axolotl in a Parisian zoo.
—National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
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In the video, the 6-year-old started spinning and screaming with joy after opening axolotl food as one of her gifts.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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If an axolotl loses a limb, the appendage will grow back, at just the right size and orientation.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
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Our team decided to focus on the telencephalon of the axolotl.
—Ashley Maynard, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2022
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The previous record holder, the Mexican axolotl, has a genome made up of 32 billion base pairs.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
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The axolotl, endangered in the wild, has been bred in laboratories and studied for more than 150 years.
—Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
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An axolotl pulled from the waters of Xochimilco last month in Mexico City.
—Sarah E. Needleman and Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
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The axolotl, a species of salamander, can regrow its limbs, multiple organs and even its spinal cord.
—Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
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With gills that flare out when submersed, the salamander looks similar to the axolotl, a relative.
—National Geographic, 19 June 2018
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Scientists have decoded the genome of the axolotl, the Mexican amphibian with a Mona Lisa smile.
—Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
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While the axolotl genome relied on machines from Pacific Biosystems, the nanopore system would work in this regard, too.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2018
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Like the charismatic axolotl, this amphibian’s limbs are adorably stubby for its size, and a smug smile constantly plays at the corners of its slimy black mouth.
—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 May 2018
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The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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The money raised helps fund axolotl research and habitat restoration efforts.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
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The axolotl, squishy mystery of an amphibian, lives beneath the surface of the water and its external gills crown its face like the headdress of an ancient warrior.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
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The axolotl’s unusually large genome may be useful for something.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
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The axolotl’s unusually large genome may be useful for something.
—Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
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Anyway, scientists have been working on assembling the axolotl genome for years.
—Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2019
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The special ingredient seems to be a distinct set of chemicals that exist on axolotl, but not pig, retinas.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
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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
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According to Aztec mythology, the axolotl is an aquatic monster.
—Anna Lagos, Wired News, 2 Apr. 2025
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In a 1968 study published in Science, scientists transplanted axolotl heads onto the backs of other axolotls.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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The bizarre and adorable aquatic salamander called the axolotl has been enticing collectors and scientists for centuries.
—Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2016
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