Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
hellbender
(hell|bend¦er)
Pronunciation:
/ˈhɛlbɛndə/
noun
an aquatic giant salamander with greyish skin and a flattened head, native to North America.
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
, family
Cryptobranchidae
More words in this category
adder
1
alligator
anaconda
anole
boa
cerastes
crocodilian
froglet
garter snake
giant tortoise
keelback
leguan
massasauga
night adder
sea krait
seps
sidewinder
1
skink
slow-worm
terrapin
Nearby Words
helium
helix
hell
Hell's Angel
Hell's Canyon
hell-bent
hellacious
Helladic
Hellas
hellbender
hellcat
hellebore
helleborine
Hellen
Hellene
Hellenic
Hellenism
Hellenistic
Hellenize