amˈbistəmə noun
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from ambly- + -stoma
1. capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Ambystomidae) of common salamanders confined to America and characterized by amphicoelous vertebrae, short prevomers, and internal fertilization
2. -s : a salamander of the genus Ambystoma — see axolotl
• am·bys·to·mid -mə̇d, -ˌmid adjective or noun