axolotl
pronunciation
How to pronounce axolotl in British English:
UK ['æksə'lɒtl]
How to pronounce axolotl in American English:
US ['æksəˌlɒtəl]
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- Noun:
- larval salamander of mountain lakes of Mexico that usually lives without metamorphosing
Word Origin
- axolotl (n.)
- 1786, genus of Mexican salamanders, from Spanish, from Nahuatl, literally "servant of water," from atl "water" + xolotl "slippery or wrinkled one, servant, slave" [see Frances Karttunen, "An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl"].
Example
- 1. It 's also possible that the axolotl 's mechanisms are different from other salamanders .
- 2. Bodies might find it easier to accept cells that have been only partially reprogrammed , like those in the axolotl 's blastema , than embryonic or fully reprogrammed cells .
- 3. The axolotl salamander is able to regrow its limbs and even damaged organs . But it loses its ability to regenerate as it grows older