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US
/ˌsæɫəˈmændɝ/
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[ UK /sˈælɐmˌɑːndɐ/ ]
[ UK /sˈælɐmˌɑːndɐ/ ]
NOUN
- fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire
- reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
- any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed
How To Use salamander In A Sentence
- The familiar frogs, toads, and salamanders have been present since at least the Jurassic Period.
- The dusky salamander lives in the southern Appalachian Mountains, and likes to stay at home.
- Many species of the salamander genus Bolitoglossa are arboreal (tree living), rather than typically terrestrial, and their feet are modified for climbing on smooth surfaces.
- The snot otter, a.k.a. hellbender, is a giant salamander that oozes a slightly toxic slime. Green Movement's New Mascot: the Slimy Snot Otter
- As frogs, toads, salamanders, and snakes emerge from hibernation, encourage them to stay around your garden and help control pests.
- These salamanders are natatorial and motile.
- A similar story can be told for several other species of toads, frogs, salamanders, alligators, and turtles around the world.
- Torrent salamanders are characterized by unique squared-off glands behind the vent in adult males.
- If you don't own a 1.75m tall machine from Catalonia but have a large enough salamander you can mimic, but not match, this method by grilling entire joints: legs of lamb, ribs of beef, suckling pigs, etc.
- Even remnants of last meals were preserved, such as the bellyful of shrimp fossilized inside one 8-centimeter-long larval salamander.