siredon
English
Etymology
From Latin Sīrēdones, alternative form of Sīrēnes (“the Sirens”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Σειρηδώνες (Seirēdṓnes) plural of Σειρηδών (Seirēdṓn) alternative form of Σειρήν (Seirḗn, “Siren”).
Noun
siredon (plural siredons or siredones)
- (zoology) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills, especially one of those which, like the axolotl, sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favourable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “siredon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)