Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - salamander
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Salamander
salamander
noun Etymology: Middle English salamandre, from Anglo-French, from Latin salamandra, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. a mythical animal having the power to endure fire without harm 2. an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus inhabiting fire 3. any of numerous amphibians (order Caudata) superficially resembling lizards but scaleless and covered with a soft moist skin and breathing by gills in the larval stage 4. an article used in connection with fire: as a. a cooking utensil for browning a food (as pastry or pudding) b. a portable stove c. a cooking device with an overhead heat source like a broiler • salamandrine adjective
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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. Derivatives salamandrian adj. salamandrine adj. salamandroid adj. & n. (in sense 1). Etymology: ME f. OF salamandre f. L salamandra f. Gk salamandra ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1) козёл; настыль; мёртвый слой жидкого чугуна (в горне) 2) метал. цилиндрическая сушилка для форм; жаровня - hearth salamander - knockdown salamander ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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4.
саламандра; саламандра (Salamandra); pl хвостатые земноводные (Caudata) – Asiatic salamanders – black salamander – black-bellied salamander – blind salamander – blind white salamander – brook salamander – cave salamander – climbing salamander – common salamander – dusky salamander – Eschscholtz's salamander – fire salamander – four-toed salamander – giant salamander – golden-striped salamander – grotto salamander – lungless salamanders – many-lined salamander – marbled salamander – mole salamander – Olympic salamander – oriental salamanders – Pacific giant salamander – pigmy salamander – purple salamander – ravine salamander – red salamander – Red Hills salamander – ringed salamander – shovelnose salamander – Siberian salamander – slender salamander – spectacled salamander – spring salamander – Texas blind salamander – tiger salamander – tree salamander – web-toed salamander – woodland salamander ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. саламандра 2. миф. саламандра 3. любитель солнца и жары 4. зоол. сумчатая крыса (Geomys pinetis) 5. козел, настыль 6. раскаленная форма (для подрумянивания пудингов, омлетов и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(salamanders) A salamander is an animal that looks rather like a lizard, and that can live both on land and in water. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1340, from L. salamandra, from Gk. salamandra, probably of eastern origin. Originally a legendary creature that could live in fire, the application to an actual amphibian is first recorded 1611. Aristotle, and especially Pliny, are responsible for the fiction of an animal that thrives in and extinguishes fires. The amphibian lives in damp logs and secretes a milky substance when threatened, but there is no obvious natural explanation for the myth. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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