salamander
Americannoun
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any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
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a mythical being, especially a lizard or other reptile, thought to be able to live in fire.
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any of various portable stoves or burners.
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Metallurgy. a mass of iron that accumulates at the bottom of a blast furnace as a result of the escape of molten metal through the hearth.
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a metal plate or disk with a handle, heated and held over pastry, casserole crusts, etc., to brown or glaze it.
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an oven usually heated from the top and bottom by gas, for cooking, browning, and glazing food.
noun
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any of various urodele amphibians, such as Salamandra salamandra ( European fire salamander ) of central and S Europe (family Salamandridae ). They are typically terrestrial, have an elongated body, and only return to water to breed
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any urodele amphibian
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a mythical reptile supposed to live in fire
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an elemental fire-inhabiting being
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any person or thing able to exist in fire or great heat
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metallurgy a residue of metal and slag deposited on the walls of a furnace
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a portable stove used to dry out a building under construction
Related Words
See sylph.
Other Word Forms
- salamanderlike adjective
- salamandrine adjective
- salamandroid adjective
Etymology
Origin of salamander
1300–50; Middle English salamandre from Latin salamandra from Greek salamándrā
Example Sentences
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These animals were 'crocodile-like' relatives of today's salamanders and frogs and could reach lengths of up to 2 m.
From Science Daily
Mexicans have plenty of spiritual animalistic icons and regional exclusives that make sense, from the endangered axolotl salamander to Xoloitzcuintle, a hairless dog.
There was, too, a population of freshwater salamanders.
From Literature
But like the axolotl, the salamander she studied, this program is critically endangered.
From Los Angeles Times
“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.
From Los Angeles Times
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