salamander
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- noun
- /ˈsæl.əˌmændər/
- Archaic
:
salamandra
- Legends say that a salamander can withstand fire and is often associated with magical powers.
Examples
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We have heard of Saint Germain's father that he was a salamander and his mother a Muslim princess, and he thought it no great feat to draw spots from diamonds.
Fiction book (1991) -
I believe you get that if you want to be a salamander when you when you die, you next thing you know you're going to be swimming for a long time.
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- You got the eyes of a salamander.
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All right, all right, you can find the Fat Man at the Salamander.
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The salamander dips himself in fire, the peacock hungers after serpents, the ostrich swallows rock.
Fiction book (1991) -
Without ever resolving the polarization, I placed the heteronyms at the center of the novel—a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of a sort; a salamander.
Fiction book (1993) -
In ancient times, people believed that the salamander could live in flames without being harmed.
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He told the story of a salamander that emerged from the flames, symbolizing rebirth and transformation.
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 Fireproof
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salamander originally named a mythical creature people thought could 'live in fire' and resist flames, so stories said it could walk through fire without harm.