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salamanderlike

salamanderlike adjective: resembling a salamander.

Adjective

salamanderlike (comparative more salamanderlike, superlative most salamanderlike)

  1. Resembling a salamander.
  2. Possessing the characteristics or abilities of a salamander.
    • Hey! How she tosses up, how far!
      The mounting Top-mast touch'd a Star;
      The Meteors blaz'd as thro' the Clouds we came,
      And Salamander-like, we live in Flame [...]c. 1681, Henry Purcell, Thomas D'Urfey, “Blow, Boreas, blow”, in Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans, [Act I, scene i]

Forms of salamanderlike

comparativemore salamanderlike
superlativemost salamanderlike

Origin of salamanderlike

From salamander + -like.

Questions about salamanderlike

What does salamanderlike mean?
Salamanderlike means resembling a salamander.
What part of speech is salamanderlike?
Salamanderlike is an adjective.

Words near salamanderlike in the dictionary

  1. salamander's wool
  2. salamandered
  3. salamanderfish
  4. salamanderfishes
  5. salamandering
  6. salamanderlike
  7. salamanders
  8. salamandrian
  9. salamandric
  10. salamandrid
  11. salamandrids

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