Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mudpuppy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: mud-pup-py
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An aquatic salamander of the family Proteidae.

Etymology

From mud + puppy, because of its barking sound.

Inflected Forms

mudpuppies (plural) mud puppy (alternative)

Synonyms

menobranchus waterdog

Questions

What does mudpuppy mean?: An aquatic salamander of the family Proteidae.
Where does mudpuppy come from?: From mud + puppy, because of its barking sound.

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