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salah-ad-din yusuf ibn-ayyub |
salai |
salal |
salal-berry |
salam |
salamander
| salamandra
| salamandra atra
| salamandra maculosa
| salamandra salamandra
| salamandridae
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun salamander has 3 senses
- salamander(n = noun.animal) Array - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed; Array is a kind of amphibian
- salamander(n = noun.person) Array - reptilian creature supposed to live in fire; Array is a kind of mythical creature, mythical monster
- salamander(n = noun.artifact) fire hook, poker, stove poker - fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire; Array is a kind of fire iron
has particulars: european fire salamander, salamandra salamandra, fire salamander, salamandra maculosa, spotted salamander, alpine salamander, salamandra atra, newt, triton, ambystomid, ambystomid salamander, cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender, mud puppy, giant salamander, megalobatrachus maximus, olm, proteus anguinus, mud puppy, necturus maculosus, dicamptodon, dicamptodontid, dicamptodon ensatus, pacific giant salamander, olympic salamander, rhyacotriton olympicus, lungless salamander, plethodont, eastern red-backed salamander, plethodon cinereus, plethodon vehiculum, western red-backed salamander, dusky salamander, climbing salamander, slender salamander, worm salamander, web-toed salamander, amphiuma, blind eel, congo eel, congo snake, siren
CIDE DICTIONARY
salamander, n. [F. salamandre, L. salamandra, Gr. ; cf. Per. samander, samandel.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]" The salamanders have, like lizards, an elongated body, four feet, and a long tail, but are destitute of scales. They are true Amphibia, related to the frogs. Formerly, it was a superstition that the salamander could live in fire without harm, and even extinguish it by the natural coldness of its body." [1913 Webster]"I have maintained that salamander of yours with fire any time this two and thirty years." [1913 Webster]"Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that on hot coals, it dieth immediately." [1913 Webster] - The pouched gopher (
Geomys tuza ) of the Southern United States. [1913 Webster] - A culinary utensil of metal with a plate or disk which is heated, and held over pastry, etc., to brown it. [1913 Webster]
- A large poker. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Solidified material in a furnace hearth. [1913 Webster]
Giant salamander. (Zoöl.) See under Giant . -- Salamander's hair or Salamander's wool (Min.), a species of asbestos or mineral flax. [Obs.] Bacon.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
salamander, n.
1 Zool. any tailed newtlike amphibian of the order Urodela, esp. the genus Salamandra, once thought able to endure fire.
2 a mythical lizard-like creature credited with this property.
3 US = GOPHER(1) 1.
4 an elemental spirit living in fire.
5 a red-hot iron used for lighting pipes, gunpowder, etc.
6 a metal plate heated and placed over food to brown it.
1 Zool. any tailed newtlike amphibian of the order Urodela, esp. the genus Salamandra, once thought able to endure fire.
2 a mythical lizard-like creature credited with this property.
3 US = GOPHER(1) 1.
4 an elemental spirit living in fire.
5 a red-hot iron used for lighting pipes, gunpowder, etc.
6 a metal plate heated and placed over food to brown it.
Derivative
salamandrian adj. salamandrine adj. salamandroid adj. & n. (in sense 1).
Etymology
ME f. OF salamandre f. L salamandra f. Gk salamandra
DEVIL DICTIONARY
salamander
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.THESAURUS
salamander
amphibian, andiron, batrachian, bullfrog, chain, coal tongs, crane, croaker, crook, damper, elemental, elemental spirit, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, frog, gnome, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, hoppytoad, hoptoad, lifter, newt, paddock, poker, polliwog, pothook, spit, sylph, tadpole, toad, tongs, tree frog, tree toad, tripod, trivet, turnspit, undineROGET THESAURUS
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Furnace
N furnace, stove, kiln, oven, cracker, hearth, focus, combustion chamber, athanor, hypocaust, reverberatory, volcano, forge, fiery furnace, limekiln, Dutch oven, tuyere, brasier, salamander, heater, warming pan, boiler, caldron, seething caldron, pot, urn, kettle, chafing-dish, retort, crucible, alembic, still, waffle irons, muffle furnace, induction furnace, electric heater, electric furnace, electric resistance heat, open-hearth furnace, fireplace, gas fireplace, coal fire, wood fire, fire-dog, fire- irons, grate, range, kitchener, caboose, camboose, poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet, andiron, gridiron, ashdrop, frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog, hearth, inglenook, oil burner, gas burner, Franklin stove, pot-bellied stove, wood-burning stove, central heating, steam heat, hot water heat, gas heat, forced hot air, electric heat, heat pump, solar heat, convective heat, hothouse, bakehouse, washhouse, laundry, conservatory, sudatory, Turkish bath, Russian bath, vapor bath, steam bath, sauna, warm bath, vaporarium.
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