Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AX'O-LOTE
AX'LE, or AX'LE-TREEAX-OT'O-MOUS
AX'O-LOTE, n.
A water lizard found in the Mexican lake, about eight inches in length, sometimes much larger. The skin is black and soft. It swims with its feet, which resemble those of a frog. It has a periodical evacuation of blood, like the human female. – Clavigero.
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