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Olm vs Holm - What's the difference?

olm | holm |

As nouns the difference between olm and holm

is that olm is , a cave-dwelling salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern italy to montenegro while holm is hem (margin of cloth).

olm

English

(wikipedia olm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • , a cave-dwelling salamander with external gills, found along the coast from northeastern Italy to Montenegro.
  • * 1990 , Jerry Pallotta, The Frog Alphabet Book , unnumbered page,
  • O is for Olm'. The '''Olm''' has teeny-weeny legs. Its eyes are covered with skin and it can barely see. ' Olms live in caves where there is hardly any light.
  • * 2007 , Ross Piper, Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals , page 266,
  • A fully grown olm' is around 30 cm with a sinuous body and long tail. There are two pairs of stumpy legs and three pairs of feathery gills behind the head. In its natural environment, the ' olm is pink with semitranslucent skin.
  • * 2012 , Michael Hearst, Unusual Creatures , page 74,
  • Also known as the proteus, the olm is a blind amphibian found only in the underwater caves of southern Europe, specifically parts of Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia.
  • * 2012 , Ana Maria Rodriguez, Vampire Bats, Giant Insects, and Other Mysterious Animals of the Darkest Caves , page 32,
  • Olms have special sensors inside their ears that detect sound waves in the water as well as vibrations from the ground.

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    holm

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of hollin .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) The holly.
  • A common evergreen oak, of Europe, Quercus ilex ; the holm oak.
  • Derived terms
    * holming

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , (etyl) holm, (etyl) Holm, (etyl) holm, (etyl) holme,

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Land that is liable to flooding; a river island.
  • an islet, sometimes with holly bushes.
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