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hellbender
[ hel-ben-der ]
noun
- a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- Informal. a reckless or headstrong person.
hellbender
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noun
- a very large dark grey aquatic salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, with internal gills: inhabits rivers in E and central US: family Cryptobranchidae
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Origin of hellbender1
Example Sentences
Changes to the hellbenders' environment may have turned this once beneficial adaptation into a harmful evolutionary trap, Klug says.
A world without elephants, hellbender salamanders and the million other species at risk of extinction in the coming decades would be deeply impoverished.
The hellbender salamander has been called a lot of things.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed 3,500 dead fish in waterways as well as deceased hellbender salamanders, an endangered species in the state.
Ecologically, one concern is for hellbenders, a prehistoric-looking aquatic salamander that can reach two feet long and is endangered in Ohio.
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