Salamander

['sælə,mændə] or ['sæləmændɚ]

Definition

(noun.) any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed.

(noun.) reptilian creature supposed to live in fire.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

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

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

(n.) A large poker.

(n.) Solidified material in a furnace hearth.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Eft, newt.

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Definition

n. a genus of tailed Amphibians nearly related to the newts harmless but long dreaded as poisonous once supposed able to live in fire: (her.) a four-legged creature with a long tail surrounded by flames: a poker used red-hot for kindling fires: a hot metal plate for browning meat &c.—adjs. Salaman′driform; Salaman′drine like a salamander: enduring fire; Salaman′droid—also n.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later an anthropomorphous immortal but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be extinct the last one of which we have an account having been seen in Carcassonne by the Abbe Belloc who exorcised it with a bucket of holy water.

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