How to Use axolotl in a Sentence

axolotl

noun
  • Today, most axolotls are found in the canals of these lakes.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Zoo officials expect the pink axolotl will be a big hit with kids.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • And yet the axolotl somehow balances both.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • The axolotl was pale with speckles and had injuries to its tail and stomach.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Once revered by Aztecs, today the axolotl appears in many forms.
    — Samantha Schipani, Smithsonian, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Then the 10-year-old pulled an axolotl out of a Welsh river.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
  • But, Ralston said, the axolotl’s story is not all plush and cuteness.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Nearly all the humans in my life are as contained today as an axolotl in a Parisian zoo.
    — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
  • In part, the answer is the axolotl’s nervous system itself.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Our team decided to focus on the telencephalon of the axolotl.
    — Ashley Maynard, The Conversation, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The money raised helps fund axolotl research and habitat restoration efforts.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025
  • In the video, the 6-year-old started spinning and screaming with joy after opening axolotl food as one of her gifts.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The axolotl, a species of salamander, can regrow its limbs, multiple organs and even its spinal cord.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Their catchy tune centered on an axolotl and penguin toy is arguably one of their most beloved, with over 32 million views.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • The axolotl, which the family named Dippy, had injuries to its tail and stomach.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The axolotl’s unusually large genome may be useful for something.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The axolotl’s unusually large genome may be useful for something.
    — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The axolotl, with 32 billion DNA bases in its genome, appeared to be in this camp.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Anyway, scientists have been working on assembling the axolotl genome for years.
    — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Yet the axolotl somehow sidesteps many of these limitations.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • With gills that flare out when submersed, the salamander looks similar to the axolotl, a relative.
    — National Geographic, 19 June 2018
  • Beyond their strange resilience, axolotls have become a focal point of medical research.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
  • While previous years were marked by the llama, axolotl, and mini highland cow, this year, capybaras are having a moment.
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The axolotl is known to regrow its lower jaw, its retinae, ovaries, kidneys, heart, rudimentary lungs, spinal cord, and large chunks of its brain.
    — Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • The special ingredient seems to be a distinct set of chemicals that exist on axolotl, but not pig, retinas.
    — Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Like the charismatic axolotl, this amphibian’s limbs are adorably stubby for its size, and a smug smile constantly plays at the corners of its slimy black mouth.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 21 May 2018
  • An axolotl pulled from the waters of Xochimilco last month in Mexico City.
    — Sarah E. Needleman and Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The previous record holder, the Mexican axolotl, has a genome made up of 32 billion base pairs.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021
  • The axolotl can produce brand new neurons, restore damaged or lost structures and reconnect circuits post-brain injury.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • The axolotl’s strange life history has most probably also enabled this unique ability.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026

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