English > salamander: 3 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of various typically terrestrial / terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed. |
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| Narrower | European fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra | A kind of European salamander |
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| Pacific giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus | large (to 7 inches) salamander of western North America |
| alpine salamander, Salamandra atra | ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps |
| ambystomid, ambystomid salamander | small to moderate-sized terrestrial / terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander |
| amphiuma, congo snake, congo eel, blind eel | aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet |
| climbing salamander | Any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes |
| dicamptodon, dicamptodontid | salamanders found near cold streams throughout the year |
| dusky salamander | Common North American salamander mottled with dull / dull brown or greyish-black |
| eastern red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus | Common salamander of eastern North America |
| giant salamander, Megalobatrachus maximus | large (up to more than three feet) edible salamander of Asia |
| hellbender, mud puppy, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | large salamander of North American rivers and streams |
| lungless salamander, plethodont | Mostly terrestrial / terrestrial salamanders that breathe through their thin moist skin |
| mud puppy, Necturus maculosus | aquatic North American salamander with red feathery external gills |
| newt, triton | small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia |
| olm, Proteus anguinus | European aquatic salamander with permanent external gills that lives in caves |
| olympic salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus | small large-eyed semiaquatic salamander of the United States Northwest |
| siren | eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs |
| slender salamander, worm salamander | Any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States |
| spotted salamander, fire salamander, Salamandra maculosa | European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots |
| web-toed salamander | Any of several salamanders with webbed toes and very long extensile tongues |
| western red-backed salamander, Plethodon vehiculum | salamander of the Pacific coast of North America |
| Broader | amphibian | cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water |
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| Spanish | salamandra, salamandras, salamándridos, urodelo |
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| Catalan | salamandra, salamandrid, salamàndrids |
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| Adjectives | salamandriform | shaped like a salamander |
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