Definition of olm Olm

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What does olm mean?

Noun Plural: olms
olm - European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves
		Proteus anguinus
		salamander any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

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olm (Noun)
A cave- dwelling amphibian, of the genus Proteus, having external gills; it is found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.

The Olm, or Proteus ("Proteus anguinus") is a strange and obscure amphibian, native to the underground waters of the Dinaric karst that flow through the Soča river basin near Trieste in Italy, through to southern Slovenia, southwestern Croatia, and Herzegovina. It is the only species in the genus "Proteus", the only European species of the family Proteidae, and the only European cave-dwelling chordate. It is also called the human fish or humanfish, because of its human-like skin (translated literally from Slovenian: "Človeška ribica" and Croatian: "Čovječja ribica"), Cave Salamander, or White Salamander.

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