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(Encyclopedia) salamander, an amphibian of the order Urodela, or Caudata. Salamanders have tails and small, weak limbs; superficially they resemble the unrelated lizards (which are reptiles), but…Brewer's: Salamander
in Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a human form pinched to death with the cold. (See Undines.) Salamander. A sort of lizard, fabled to live in fire, which, however, it quenched by the chill of…hellbender
(Encyclopedia) hellbender: see salamander.siren, in zoology
(Encyclopedia) siren: see salamander.Congo eel
(Encyclopedia) Congo eel: see salamander.Brewer's: Salamander's Wool
Asbestos, a fibrous mineral, affirmed by the Tartars to be made “of the root of a tree.” It is sometimes called “mountain flax,” and is not combustible. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…The Devil's Dictionary: Salamander
by Ambrose Bierce SALACITYSARCOPHAGUSSALAMANDER -n. Originally a reptile inhabiting fire; later, an anthropomorphous immortal, but still a pyrophile. Salamanders are now believed to be…axolotl
(Encyclopedia) axolotlaxolotlăkˈsəlŏtˌəl [key], a salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum, found in certain lakes in the region of Mexico City, which reaches reproductive maturity without losing its larval…Valles Caldera National Preserve
(Encyclopedia) Valles Caldera National PreserveValles Caldera National Preserveväˈyās [key], 89,766 acres (36,343 hectares), N N.Mex.; est. 2000 by Valles Caldera Trust, transferred to National Park…newt
(Encyclopedia) newt, name for members of a large salamander family, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere and including the common European salamanders. Newts are lizardlike in shape and are…Trending
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