noun
- a large aquatic salamander with external gills and four legs, found in North American freshwater
Examples
- The mudpuppy can grow up to a foot long.
- We spotted a mudpuppy swimming near the lake bottom.
- Mudpuppies keep their gills throughout their entire lives.
- The biologist studied mudpuppies in the Mississippi River.
- Unlike other salamanders, mudpuppies are fully aquatic.
- Fishermen sometimes catch mudpuppies by accident.