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Andrias

noun
An·​dri·​as | \ ˈandrēəs\

Definition of Andrias

: a genus of large fossil Miocene salamanders scarcely distinct from the recent genus Cryptobranchus

First Known Use of Andrias

1848, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Andrias

New Latin, from Greek, image of a man, from andr-, anēr man; from the fact that the first specimen found was believed to be the remains of a man destroyed by the Deluge

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