Siredon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Siredon \Si*re"don\, n. [NL., from Gr. ??? a siren.] (Zool.)
     The larval form of any salamander while it still has external
     gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl
     ({Amblystoma Mexicanum}), sometimes lay eggs while in this
     larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose
     their gills and become normal salamanders. See also


     {Axolotl}.
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