Typhlomolge

noun

Typh·​lo·​molge

¦tiflō+

: a genus of neotenic salamanders (family Plethodontidae) of underground waters that are known from a single species (T. rathburni) of Texas and that lack functional eyes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from typhl- + Molge

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