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fire salamander

fire salamander noun: a medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.

fire salamander: a medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe,...
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Noun

fire salamander (plural fire salamanders)

  1. A medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.
    • Fire salamanders, which are common on forested hillsides in southern and central Europe, extrude secretions onto their skin containing a neurotoxic alkaloid, Samandarin, when they think they are under attack.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 6

Forms of fire salamander

pluralfire salamanders

Questions about fire salamander

What does fire salamander mean?
Fire salamander means a medium-sized black salamander with yellow spots (Salamandra salamandra), native to Europe, related to the tiger salamander.
What part of speech is fire salamander?
Fire salamander is a noun.
What is the plural of fire salamander?
The plural of fire salamander is fire salamanders.

Words near fire salamander in the dictionary

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  2. fire rings
  3. fire roll
  4. fire rolls
  5. fire safety
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  8. fire sale
  9. fire sales
  10. fire scar
  11. fire scars

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