Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - salamander
Salamander
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. Derivatives salamandrian adj. salamandrine adj. salamandroid adj. & n. (in sense 1). Etymology: ME f. OF salamandre f. L salamandra f. Gk salamandra
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noun Etymology: Middle English salamandre, from Anglo-French, from Latin salamandra, from Greek Date: 14th century a mythical animal having the power to endure fire without harm, an elemental being in the theory of Paracelsus inhabiting fire, 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, an article used in connection with fire: as, a cooking utensil for browning a food (as pastry or pudding), a portable stove, a cooking device with an overhead heat source like a broiler, salamandrine adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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