n.
Pronunciation: ' ak-s ə - ˌ lä-t ə l
Function: noun
Etymology: Nahuatl ā x ō l ō tl
Date: circa 1768
: any of several salamanders (genus Ambystoma especially A. mexicanum and A. tigrinum ) of mountain lakes of Mexico and the western U.S. that ordinarily live and breed in the larval form without metamorphosing