achoqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

achoque (plural achoques)

1. (rare) The Lake Patzcuaro salamander (Ambystoma dumerilii).
   • Accepted in 1970, Ronald A. Brandon, “Courtship, spermatophores and eggs of the Mexican Achoque, Ambystoma (Bathysiredon) dumerili (Dugès) [pages 247-254]”, in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, volume 49, number 3, Oxford University Press on behalf of The Linnean Society of London, published 2008, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     [See title]

   • 1992, Brandon, R.A., “Ambystoma dumerilii”, in Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, →DOI, →ISSN, page 532.2:

     The Achoque is a familiar animal to local residents and fishermen who exploit it for food and folk medicine.

   • 2005, Ernest A. Liner, The Culinary Herpetologist, Salt Lake City, UT: Bibliomania!, →ISBN, page 8:

     Rub Achoques (larval form of Ambystoma dumerilii) [likely misinterpreted as Ambystoma dumerilii remain larviform as adults] with salt and garlic.

   • 2025 November 18, “Scientists & nuns unite to save Mexico’s rare achoque salamanders”, in Shreya Dasgupta, editor, Mongabay‎, archived from the original on 8 May 2026:

     The Chester Zoo scientists wanted to use captive achoques to test a new tagging method — small, rice grain-sized microchips — before deploying them on wild individuals.