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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SIRED
pp.
Begotten.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SIREDON
Si
*
re
"
don,
n.
Etym:
[
NL.
,
from
Gr.
(Zoöl.)
Defn:
The
larval
form
of
any
salamander
while
it
still
has
external
gills;
especially,
one
of
those
which,
like
the
axolotl
(Amblystoma Mexicanum ),
sometimes
lay
eggs
while
in
this
larval
state,
but
which
under
more
favorable
conditions
lose
their
gills
and
become
normal
salamanders.
See
also
Axolotl.