salamander

[Sal·a*man`der]

A salamander is a small amphibian that looks a lot like a lizard and lives mainly on land. They look cute in a terrarium and less cute on your bathroom floor.

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Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

Noun
any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed

Noun
fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

Noun
reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

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Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

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The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

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A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it.

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A large poker.

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Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

Salamander

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I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years.
Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately.
2. (Zo'94l.) The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States. 3. A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it. 4. A large poker. [prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 5. (Metal.) Solidofied material in a furnace hearth. Giant salamander. (Zo'94l.) See under Giant. -- Salamander's hair ∨ wool , a species of asbestus or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.

Any one of numerous species of Urodela, belonging to Salamandra, Amblystoma, Plethodon, and various allied genera, especially those that are more or less terrestrial in their habits.

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