salamander
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- noun
- /ˈsæl.əˌmændər/
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salamandra
- During our biology class, we learned that the salamander returns to water to breed after living on land.
- marbled salamander
- tiger salamander
- Plethodon salamanders
And he was always, he always had him had a little cricket on him or a little salamander.
- And he was always, he always had him had a little cricket on him or a little salamander.
- So he started studying eggs, all kinds of eggs, chicken eggs, you know, swallow eggs, reptile eggs, snake eggs, salamander eggs, all kinds of eggs.
- And like the forest floor, that soil is full of critters like snails and earthworms and even moisture loving salamanders.
Examples
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The nature reserve is home to various species of salamanders that thrive in moist environments.
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For instance, some reproductively mature salamanders that live in wet habitats resemble juvenile stages of close relatives.
Academic text (1996) -
You little, hey, hold still, you wiggly little salamander.
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When male and female marbled salamanders enter the breeding site, they are fat and ready.
Academic text (1998) -
The next day, Eliza found red-backed salamanders in the wood behind the house.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many experiments have demonstrated that larval salamanders compete with one another for food.
Academic text (1998) -
The flatwoods salamander is a noted example of the species diversity and endemism of the panhandle.
Academic text (2008) -
Even in protected areas, for many frogs and salamanders, the inhabitable world is shrinking to nothing.
Academic text (2007) -
Skin toxins make adult marbled salamanders distasteful to many predators, so they aren't being eaten up.
Academic text (1998) -
While hiking, we spotted a bright orange salamander hiding under a rock near the stream.
Synonyms
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A small brightly coloured animal with soft skin that lives in water and on land
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A dark small animal with yellow or orange spots that lives near ponds in North America
A small thin animal with soft skin that lives in damp places on the Pacific coast of the United States
A small thin salamander with very short legs that lives in western North America
A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States
A small salamander with a red stripe on its back that lives in moist Pacific coast forests
A small salamander from eastern North America with a red stripe along its back
A small animal like a frog with dark brown or grey skin that lives in damp forests
A small animal with big eyes and moist skin that lives near streams in the northwestern United States
A small water-and-land animal with webbed toes and a long tongue used to catch insects and climb smooth rocks
A small brown animal like a lizard with yellow spots that climbs trees at night in California forests
A North American salamander with strong legs and long toes for climbing trees and bushes
Compounds
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A dark small animal with yellow or orange spots that lives near ponds in North America
A North American salamander with strong legs and long toes for climbing trees and bushes
A small salamander from eastern North America with a red stripe along its back
A small animal like a frog with dark brown or grey skin that lives in damp forests
- Specialized
A small to medium amphibian that lives on land or in water in the Americas
- Specialized
A small brown animal like a lizard with yellow spots that climbs trees at night in California forests
A large black salamander with bright yellow spots that lives in European forests
A small black amphibian with bright yellow spots that lives in damp European forests
- Specialized
A rare small salamander that lives in limestone cliff cracks in California
- Specialized
A salamander without lungs that breathes through its skin and the inside of its mouth
A small brownish-black animal like a frog that lives underground and comes out to lay eggs
A very large animal like a big frog that lives in Asian rivers and is sometimes eaten
- Specialized
A small animal with big eyes and moist skin that lives near streams in the northwestern United States
- Specialized
A large salamander that lives in western North American forests
- Specialized
A rare small amphibian that lives in caves near Mount Shasta, California
- Specialized
A small thin animal with soft skin that lives in damp places on the Pacific coast of the United States
- Specialized
A small water-and-land animal with webbed toes and a long tongue used to catch insects and climb smooth rocks
A small salamander with a red stripe on its back that lives in moist Pacific coast forests
- Specialized
A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salamander comes from the old word salamandra, used for a creature people believed could 'live in fire'. Because people sometimes found real amphibians in wet logs thrown on fires, the animal kept that fiery name, even though real salamanders are soft, wet animals that live on land and return to water to breed.