"axolotl" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈak.səˌlɒ.təl/ [UK], /ˈæk.səˌlɑ.təl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-axolotl.wav , En-us-axolotl.oga Forms: axolotls [plural], axolots [nonstandard, plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)). Etymology templates: {{af|nci|ātl|xōlōtl|nocat=1|t1=water|t2=slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave}} ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”), {{ubor|en|nci|āxōlōtl|pos=from <i class="Latn mention" lang="nci">ātl</i> (“water”) + <i class="Latn mention" lang="nci">xōlōtl</i> (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)}} Unadapted borrowing from Classical Nahuatl āxōlōtl (from ātl (“water”) + xōlōtl (“slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave”)) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|axolots|pl2qual=nonstandard}} axolotl (plural axolotls or (nonstandard) axolots)
  1. A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum. Wikipedia link: axolotl Categories (lifeform): Salamanders Synonyms (amphibian): Mexican salamander, Mexican walking fish, water monster Translations (endangered salamander): عفريت الماء (Arabic), আচলটল (asolotol) (Assamese), axolote (Asturian), axolot [masculine] (Catalan), axolotl (Central Huasteca Nahuatl), zambole [Central] (Central Mazahua), axolotl (Central Nahuatl), acholotl (Central Nahuatl), 墨西哥鈍口螈 (Chinese Mandarin), 墨西哥钝口螈 (Mòxīgē dùnkǒuyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 美西螈 (měixīyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 六角恐龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 六角恐龙 (liùjiǎo kǒnglóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 六角龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 六角龙 (liùjiǎolóng) (Chinese Mandarin), axolotl (Classical Nahuatl), axolotl [masculine] (Dutch), aksolotlo (Esperanto), aksolotli (Finnish), axolotl [masculine] (French), axolote (Galician), Axolotl [masculine] (German), axolotl (Guerrero Nahuatl), axolot (Highland Puebla Nahuatl), axolotl (Hungarian), tálknamandra [feminine] (Icelandic), axoloto (Ido), acsalatal [masculine] (Irish), axolotl [masculine] (Italian), assolotto [masculine] (Italian), ウーパールーパー (ūpārūpā) [informal] (Japanese), アホロートル (ahorōtoru) [scientific, sciences] (Japanese), 우파루파 (uparupa) [informal] (Korean), 아홀로틀 (aholloteul) [scientific, sciences] (Korean), аксоло́тл (aksolótl) [masculine] (Macedonian), mentawi (Matlatzinca), zombo (Mezquital Otomi), axolotl (Morelos Nahuatl), axolotl (Orizaba Nahuatl), nzümb’o [Central] (Otomi), ambystoma meksykańska [feminine] (Polish), aksolotl meksykański [masculine] (Polish), salamandra meksykańska [feminine] (Polish), aksolotl (english: scientifically refers to the young stage, scientifically proscribed as the other stages) [masculine] (Polish), axolote [masculine] (Portuguese), axolotle [masculine] (Portuguese), achójki (Purepecha), axolot [masculine] (Romanian), аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ajolote [masculine] (Spanish), ajolota [feminine] (Spanish), axolotl (Temascaltepec Nahuatl), ñelakapjo (Tlahuica), аксоло́тль (aksolótlʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), acsolotl [masculine] (Welsh), axolotl (Western Huasteca Nahuatl), אַקסאָלאָטל (aksolotl) (Yiddish), bubebech (Yucatec Maya)
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